Henschke Julius Riesling 2025

Sourced from the Henschke family’s own Eden Valley vineyard plus a few selected grower blocks across the region, there’s a more mineralled layer to the aromatics in this iteration compared to its more lime-fruit focused sibling, the Peggy’s Hill Riesling. The Julius also leans more to lemon than lime on the citrus flavour scale, is tighter in the palate, acidity notching more bite in its mouthwatering finish. Worth stocking a few in the cellar for a decade to watch that Eden Valley mature-age Riesling magic to unfold. Or drink it now with the best prawns and crayfish you can find.

Tony Love

Journalist at Winepilot

Tony is best known for his 10 years as News Corp’s National Wine Writer, with weekly columns in major metropolitan mastheads throughout Australia including The Adelaide Advertiser, The Sydney Daily Telegraph and the Melbourne Herald Sun. He continues to write feature articles and columns for all the major Australian wine media publications. Tony has also worked as a restaurant reviewer, section editor, book editor, digital content provider, journalism teacher and was named Wine Communicators of Australia 2018 Legend of the Vine (SA). Find out more about Tony at tonylove.com.au

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