Henschke Keyneton Euphonium 2022

In challenging vintages like 2022, the art of the blender is highlighted, indeed, it deserves to be celebrated. Relying on one grape variety can be tricky when the weather turns cool and wet, but four? That’s a safe winemaking insurance policy. With Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot sourced from across the Barossa Valley (40%) and Eden Valley (60%), Euphonium delivers a most fulfilling wine. Offers a smooth, textural glide with lively dark red fruits and lifted woody spices coming into play. Remains true to the Euphonium style with its elegance and its almost joyous delivery of herbs and spice:  crushed sage and thyme, pepper and baking spices.  The use of American and French oak, which delivers noteworthy tannin drive and grip, is also noted.

Jeni Port

Wine critic at Winepilot

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.

Wine writer and critic