Henschke Johann's Garden Grenache 2021

This year's Johann's Garden is 92/8% grenache/mataro grown in the Barossa Valley, vinified separately and aged in seasoned French hogsheads for 10 months. Magenta-splashed crimson in the glass with super-pure fruit tones on display: red and dark plum, blueberry and boysenberry with underlying hints of exotic spice, gingerbread, purple floral tones, teacake, rhubarb, cherry clafoutis and mountain herbs. Succulent yet tending savoury on the finish with a real sense of purity and grace; superfine powdery tannin lending gentle support and a bright, mineral line.

Fresh red plum, redcurrant aromas with roasted walnut, hint vanilla notes. Generous and silky-textured wine with ripe strawberry, red plum, redcurrant fruits, sinuous fine tannins, lovely mid-palate viscosity, underlying savoury notes and fresh quartz-like acidity. Finishes chalky and round with aniseed notes. Delicious drinking.