Henschke Johann’s Garden 2024

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Henschke Johann’s Garden 2024.

Henschke Johann’s Garden 2024
$65, 14.5% alcohol, screwcap, Barossa Valley.

Johann’s Garden 2024 is a blend of grenache (60%) and mataro (40%), all grown in the Barossa Valley.

Talk about a beautiful wine to drink. This is light and structured and soft and tense all at once, with flower, fruit and fragrant herb notes all contributing positively. It’s a delight. Raspberry, tonic water, red licorice, clove and woodsy herb notes swing confidently throughout. It’s light- to medium-weight and it is, simply, beautiful. 94 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 Winefront site (the home of Australia’s best wine reviews) and of Mattinson Photography.

Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer 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 national Best Australian Sports Writing Award. In 2026 three of his photographs were short-listed for the World Food Photography Awards.

Campbell Mattinson is a storyteller. He is a journalist, a photographer, a filmmaker and a wine critic, and in all of these mediums his prime motive is to tell people's stories.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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