Award-winning Australia:Hay Shed Hill

With a medal haul at the International Wine Challenge and mentions in the best 100 Australian Wines, Ray Jordan’s Top 100 reds and the Aug/Sept Wine Companion, Hay Shed Hill and its sister brand Pitchfork are the new high fliers on the Australian Wine scene and rightly so.

International Wine Challenge 2014

Hay Shed Hill put in a sterling performance at this year’s wine challenge and came home weighed down by their silverware with both the Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay being ranked among some of the best wines in the world.

          HAY SHED HILL CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2012

                                     - SILVER MEDAL

       HAY SHED HILL BLOCK 2 CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2010

                                     - SILVER MEDAL

       HAY SHED HILL CHARDONNAY 2013

                                     – COMMENDED

        HAY SHED HILL BLOCK 6 CHARDONNAY 2013

                                    – COMMENDED

Best 100 Australian Wines

UK Wine writer and judge, Matthew Jukes gave the Hay Shed Hill Cabernet Sauvignon 2011 glowing praise:

“My featured wine is a cracker. Stunning value from the prestigious turf of Willyabrup, in the heart of Margaret River, this is a sumptuous wine without the buccaneering tannins and with a more immediate appeal which deserves to win it loads of fans. While I realise that people like to buy wine to lay down, you’ve got to drink something while you are twiddling your thumbs and I suggest that you start here. This is benchmark Margaret River Cabernet with an early nineties price tag – Hoorah.”

He added equal praise for the Pitchfork Margaret River Shiraz despite his initial regional scepticism:

"Before I start, 2011 Pitchfork Margaret River Shiraz is worth a quick note because I am fairly vocal about my dislike of Margaret River Shiraz but here’s a wine which looks amazing in the glass and it is a few quid cheaper than HSH, too. I love to be proved wrong.”

Ray Jordan’s Top 100 Reds

Adding to the Hay Shed Hill success Ray Jordan named sister range Pitchfork Cabernet Merlot 2012 as one of his top 100 red wines giving it 90/100 points.

‘A well-made, value-for-money wine.  Minty chocolate aromas infused with blackberry and plum.  The palate is soft and with a plump merlot middle and a gradual tightening of the cabernet to the finish. 90/100.’

James Halliday in Wine Companion

With an impressive 95 point rating for the Hay Shed Hill Block 8 Cabernet Franc Halliday’s tasting note highlights the truly delicious nature of a first rate wine:

“Light, bright crimson: the bouquet has the hallmark perfume of violets and cigar box, the vibrantly fresh red berries of the palate sitting on a bed of silk and velvet tannins all the way through to a long finish. Deserves its claim to be one of the best examples of the variety in Australia.”

Congratulations Hay Shed Hill. May the success long continue!