Henschke Johanne Ida Selma Blanc de Noir MD

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Henschke Johanne Ida Selma Blanc de Noir MD for review.

Henschke Johanne Ida Selma Blanc de Noir MD
$70, 12% alcohol, crown seal, Lenswood/Adelaide Hills.

Multi-vintage, mature disgorged. This particular release was disgorged in May 2025.

Intense flavour meets a general softness. Drinking this is a lovely experience. It tastes of grapefruit, almonds, honey and citrus, with strawberry and creamy-vanilla-marshmallow notes drifting over both the nose and the palate. Complexity; there’s plenty. Drinkability; in spades. Great that it’s sealed with a crown seal too. 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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