Henschke Mount Edelstone 2018

Henschke Mount Edelstone 2018 is a full-bodied Shiraz red wine produced from biodynamically farmed vines growing in the Eden Valley sub-region of Barossa, South Australia. In effect the second wine of the emblematic Henschke Barossa family wine estate, Mount Edelstone offers bold, opulent Shiraz character but also a marked elegance and finesse which has become the signature of the estate. The 2018 vintage will go down as one of the best in recent memory for South Australia. 2018 also marked the 150th anniversary of Henschke. "This is a genuinely outstanding Mount Edelstone, with glorious fruit and multi-layered complexity. The nose sings of the Eden Valley with a sage and black fruit cocktail of flavours, and the texture is pure velvet. This is a cracker of a wine and a classic Mount Edelstone to boot, and it is already bafflingly precocious. But don’t worry because behind the exultant volleys of pristine fruit lurks muscle and crunchy tannin that will propel this wine forward for two decades and more. As time ticks on I become more and more enamoured by Mount Edelstone and this is another release that will handsomely reward those who manage to track down stock." Matthew Jukes