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

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 both the highly respected The Winefront site (founded 2002) and Mattinson Photography.

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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