Henschke Julius Eden Valley Riesling 2025
- 95
- $56
- Drink by: 2026-2046
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A flagship Riesling from an excellent Eden Valley vintage, this is pale lemon in colour. Attractively fresh on the nose, we have notes of lemons and limes, florals, spices, oystershells, white peaches and a line of minerally support running the full journey. There is immaculate balance here, the wine is seamless throughout and exhibiting a laser-like focus. Fine, citrusy acidity runs the full length, and what impressive length that is. A wine which will see fifteen to twenty years, continuing to improve and develop throughout, with ease.
Ken was born and bred in Brisbane, Queensland. He had a non-trendy, perfectly happy childhood, in a family convinced alcohol meant instant condemnation to Hades. But a break fishing on the Great Barrier Reef, and some good wine, started a serious obsession that eventually took over. It did not stop Ken being chastised later for drinking Pol champagne, disgusted he’d drink anything made by a Cambodian dictator. Now, Ken mostly writes on wine, champagne and spirits for various newspapers, magazines and books, but is perhaps best known for his work in The Courier Mail. He also has a little sideline writing on cigars, fishing, travel and food. When not writing, fly-fishing for trout in NZ or bonefish on the flats of Cuba, travelling or smoking cigars, he is no doubt following a variety of sporting teams – the occasionally glorious Queensland Reds rugby, the dysfunctional Washington Redskins, the dodgy Arsenal and especially revels in the world restored to its proper axis with the return of the Ashes to their rightful home.
