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Barossa Valley Johanns Garden 2018

Henschke, Eden Valley, Australia

Henschke
Eden Valley Australia
  • 95
    Points
  • The 1 272
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    all Tb wines
  • 2 tasters of
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6 95
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  • Country ranking ?

    170

  • Producer ranking ?

    62

  • Decanting time

    2h

  • When to drink

    2020-2035

  • Food Pairing

    Lamb

Food Pairing

Lamb

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Vintage 2018

AUSTRALIA: Very promising quality with the most optimistic reviewers declaring 2018 great in every region and for every variety. The more cautious view is that early frosts reduced yields, but that consistent good weather throughout the second half of the growing season actually resulted in great potential.

Barossa 2018 vintage to savor

The 2018 Barossa vintage was completed at the end of April 2018, with growers and winemakers satisfied...

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Fom the Barossa, this is a grenache mourvèdre shiraz blend in the tradition of the great southern Rhones and it is singing. A blend of 77% grenache, 19% mourvedre and 4% shiraz. 

I asked Stephen Henschke if he had ever made a better Johann’s Garden and, while he loves what he has from 2016, he did mention both 2002 and 2004, both of which won Best Grenache (or Grenache blend) in their respective Barossa Shows. I’m happy to concede that it is the finest for a decade. The first vintage was 1996, coming from an old shiraz vineyard which Stephen’s uncle was about to pull out. Stephen suggested that perhaps he should take a quick look and loved what he saw – wonderful old shiraz vines. There was to be no vine cull here. 

I really loved this wine (it is entirely possible that I have a glass within reach as I type, but then it is entirely possible I have a glass of each of the range from the tasting table – the problem is choosing which one to enjoy, very much a First World problem if ever there was one). 

An entrancing red/purple colour, the wonderful aromatics exploded from the glass from the moment the wine was poured. Elegance personified. Exquisitely perfumed, full of spices, with cinnamon, a hint of sage, vanilla, cherries. Ripe notes and a lovely sweet core of dark fruit. Chocolate and wonderfully supple on the palate, seamless with the silkiest of tannins and great length. Finely crafted, this wine lingers with intent. It has a great future but one wonders how it gets better. Different perhaps but surely not better? Finishes with just a slight savoury note. Just wow! 

A score? I wanted to go 97 but then I thought that might paint me into a corner for the rest of the wines. So 96, it was to be. Then I thought hardly fair. For me, 97. Sure, a high score for immediate gratification and if an insistence for a long and classical future is compelling for you, then you may drop it back a smidge. 

One minor detraction – the Henschkes moved from cork many years ago and use both screwcap and vinolock. Trials of the latter began in 2004. The Henschkes consider it their ‘cork for export’ and it seems well accepted. Personally, I much prefer the screwcap. 

One final point. Wherever one ranks this in the latest collection, it is surely far and away the ‘value buy’ with daylight second. 


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  • 97p

Medium crimson. Fresh musky plum, raspberry redcurrant aromas with roasted walnut, espresso, aniseed notes. Lovely supple and creamy wine with plentiful raspberry, plum, redcurrant, nectarine fruits, fine looseknit textures and fresh long aniseed kick. Generous and fruit driven with lovely density, richness of flavour and line of attack. Best to drink while young and primary fruited. Drink now but will keep for a while. 14.5%, Vinolok, Drink Now – 2026 - 94 points 

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  • 94p
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Origin

South Australia, Eden Valley

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