Description / Reviews
"Old Hill, planted in 1880 beneath the Brokenback Range, is one of Australia’s most historic vineyards and the site that first shaped Maurice O’Shea’s vision for Mount Pleasant. Just 500 metres away, Old Paddock was the first vineyard O’Shea established, planted in 1921 using cuttings from Old Hill. Despite their shared origins, the distinction between the two is remarkable. Reflecting O’Shea’s mastery as a blender, this wine is a seamless expression of two legendary vineyards. Old Paddock brings dark fruit and powerful tannin, while the cooler Old Hill contributes bright, complex red fruits and a softer tannin profile. Matured in French oak, it shows red and blue fruits, spice and a beautiful fine tannin structure." - Winemaker Notes
"Heady, high-toned aromatics, intensely ripe-fruited. Red plum, mulberry, candied cherry and dragonfruit flavours flow through the palate. Plush, warm and engaging. It finishes with a crescendo of flavour on the close." - 95+ Points, Toni Paterson, Halliday Wine Companion
"OP & OH is short for Old Hill and Old Paddock, this vintage opens with blackcurrant and wild raspberries. Nicely ripe with a candied orange rind high tone. Some rugged brown spices, cumin and mace. It is stitched together with fine lacey tannins and a good whip of graduated acidity. This embraces you with its friendly red and black fruits but continues to impress with long flavour length and memorable chiselled edges, almost gravelly stoney features across the finish. This will play nicely with meats like flank steak or venison. Drink now or cellar for another 8-10 years further." - 95 Points, Shanteh Wale, Wine Pilot
