Henschke Johann’s Garden Grenache Mataro Shiraz 2019
- 90
- $63
- Drink by: 2021 - 2031
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Immediately full of appeal. There’s a lot crammed into this neat little red package from the pot pourri, cherry bon bon, red berried brightness of the bouquet, to the sweet-fruited, jubey/licorice allsorts flavours with glimpses of chocolate, violets and spice. It’s a fresh, vigorous red nicely wrapped in a wealth of ripe Barossan fruit. Cosy as.
There’s an additional character – let’s call it, ginger/spice – that I find really attractive. Is it oak? Maybe. Whatever it is, it adds something to the wine. Often referred to as arguably the most delicious easy-going red in the Henschke stable, Johann’s Garden gets my vote as a top drink to enjoy right now and then some.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
