Eden Valley Reds › Johann's Garden
13 April 2007, Nick Stock, Adelaide Review Food and Wine Section
This is one of the first 2005 reds unleashed from the Henschke Cellars and it's a stunning rendition of grenache, mourvedre and shiraz. The 2005 vintage played into the hands of these varieties, delivering full maturity over a mild finish to the season. Superb, pure and concentrated fruit aromas, plums, blue and red berries, spice and creamy oak, this is still a young pup and has plenty of development ahead. The palate is supple and generous with terrific integration, its fine dense tannins carry abundant flavours of ripe red fruits and spice. Here too, concentration and purity are the hallmarks, driving flavours bright and lifted through the finish. Do not miss out on this wine, it's worth every cent.