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****NEW 2026 VINTAGE ARRIVES MID JULY 2026 – email enquiry rhys@thevinepress.com ****
The Henschke family has been making wine in the Barossa’s Eden Valley wine region since 1868. Today, fifth-generation winemaker Stephen Henschke and his viticulturist wife Prue are recognised around the world for their exceptional quality wines, innovative spirit, focus on restoring native vegetation and organic and biodynamic practices in the vineyard. The Henschke winemaking tradition now spans over 150 years and six generations, with vineyards in the Eden Valley, Barossa Valley and Adelaide Hills, including acclaimed single-vineyards, Hill of Grace and Mount Edelstone. Henschke was the 2021 Wine Enthusiast New World Winery of the Year, 2021 Halliday Wine Companion Winery of the Year, and has been recognised for outstanding efforts in sustainable wine production with the Robert Parker Wine Advocate Green Emblem and Sustainable Winegrowing Australia certification in 2023.
About this wine from the winemakers: “Fourth-generation winemaker, Cyril developed the Henschke reputation for premium Eden Valley riesling from 1961. This region provides ideal ripening conditions for riesling and a unique track record of exceptional ageing potential. The Henschke Eden Valley riesling vineyard is planted on sandy loam over gravel and bedrock with patches of clay. Since 1992, this wine has been named as a tribute to ancestor Albert Julius Henschke (1888-1955), a highly acclaimed artist and sculptor. Julius was recognised for his ornate headstones and angel sculptures at the Gnadenberg Cemetery, as well as his most celebrated work, the inspiring National War Memorial on North Terrace in Adelaide.
*Reviews for 2025 vintage*
97 points, Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion “Pale straw in the glass with a flash of green and beautifully defined aromas of freshly squeezed lime juice, green apple , Bickfords lime cordial and grapefruit. You’ll find hints of crushed quartz, Christmas lily, orange blossom, almond paste, ozone, lemongrass and kaffir lime. Sleek, focussed and wonderfully pure, there is an ache of precision and minerality that marks its passage over the palate, all tension and velocity and cadence, jeez it is a lovely wine, finishing dry and slatey with just a glimpse of umami as it trails.”
95 points, Jeni Port, Wine Pilot “Brings some cracking acidity to concentrated lemon-lime citrus Riesling fruit and the result is quite startling and perky. There is an impressive, driving acidity – brisk, busy and racy – which filters through every moment the wine is on the tongue. In keeping with its Eden Valley origin, the apple blossom, honeysuckle florals are inviting and in harmony with green apple, grapefruit pith, lemons and limes, bath salts, saline and flinty, wet rock minerals. The palate is crisp and moves at a clip before finishing on a long, attractive floral note. And, as always, Julius Riesling is a keeper, a wine that can only – and most definitely, does – improve with time.”
RRP $60 Our Special Price $49.99 when you buy 6 or more of this wine – ARRIVES MID JULY 2026 – To order email rhys@thevinepress.com
