Henschke Five Shillings Shiraz Mataro 2025

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Henschke Five Shillings 2025.

Henschke Five Shillings 2025
$38, 14.2% alcohol, screwcap, Barossa/Eden Valley.

This is a blend of shiraz (71%) and mataro (29%) from the Barossa and Eden valleys.

A wave of red licorice flavours come at you thick and svelte. It’s a beautiful introduction to a more-ish red wine. Floral notes, leathers, sage and earth notes play second fiddle to a core of red and black berried fruit. It’s just the ticket. It drinks a treat. 93 points.

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Henschke is a Mattinson 10-Star winery.

Campbell Mattinson

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.

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