Henschke The Nurturer 2024

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Henschke The Nurturer 2024.

Henschke The Nurturer 2024
$40, 12.5% alcohol, screwcap, Eden Valley.

Named after Australian wine legend Prue Henschke and made with a blend of: 22% carignan, 19% counoise, 17% grenache gris, 15% grenache noir, 11% clairette, 9% cinsault, 7% shiraz.

This is a delicious lighter-bodied red wine. It’s a wine that you just want to settle in with and guzzle (responsibly). It’s characterised by red fruits, perfumed aromatics and silky tannin, and while it has an underlying savouriness its light, bright, fragrant persona is what really draws you in. In short, it’s a beautiful drink. 91 points.

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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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

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