Description

In 1981, fifth-generation Henschke winemaker Stephen and his viticulturist wife Prue purchased a property in the Adelaide Hills and were among the first to plant vines on the beautiful steep slopes of Lenswood in 1982.  At 550m, the Lenswood Vineyard offers not only views toward the older vine country, but also higher rainfall and humidity at the right time of the year, cooler temperatures to retain natural acidity, and still enough sunshine to fully ripen the grapes. The Green’s Hill Riesling was planted on a west-facing slope, on loam soil containing shale fragments. It was so named as it overlooks the apple orchards operated by the Green family since 1893.