Henschke Johann’s Garden 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Henschke Johann’s Garden 2023,

Henschke Johann’s Garden 2023
$65, 14.5% alcohol, screwcap, Barossa Valley.

Johann’s Garden is a Barossa Valley blend of grenache and mataro. This 2023 release is right up there for quality, its raspberry and red cherry flavours cut with sweet spice, rust, earth and redcurrant, though there are pretty floral characters dancing throughout. This wine is both fresh and solid at once. It’s also drinking like a charm right now, though it will hold and mature for quite some years to come. 93 points.

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of the highly respected The Winefront site.

Mattinson has been an independent wine critic and photo-journalist since 1987. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the prized Best Australian Sports Writing Award.

Mattinson, who is 100% independent, puts a score out of 100 on every wine that he reviews. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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