Located in the prime rolling countryside of Heathcote, Victoria Jasper Hill is regarded as one of Australia’s great Shiraz producers. The evocatively named, gorgeously scented and beautifully concentrated Emily’s Paddock and Georgia’s Paddock Shirazes have forged a remarkable reputation for their highly individual character and powerful aging potential. This is a very much a family enterprise woven by heart and the poetic intricacies of place. The vineyards are elevated at around 320 metres on the slopes of the Great Dividing Range on Cambrian derived soils of friable red-brown gravelly loams that run in a thin north-south non-continuous strip between 2 parallel fault lines. Jasper Hill’s vineyards are entirely biodynamic and winemaking philosophy is very much non-interventionist. Daughter Emily has now joined Ron Laughton as winemaker and together the father daughter duo produces a Nebbiolo, Cornella Grenache (from independent grower fruit), a Riesling and idiosyncratic Semillon alongside their flagship Shiraz offerings.