2022 Henschke Julius Riesling

Fourth-generation winemaker Cyril Henschke developed the Henschke reputation for premium Riesling wines as early as the 1950’s from the vineyard areas of Eden Valley, Keyneton and Springton in the Eden Valley wine region.
Brilliant water like core with greenish tinged edges. Intense lemon and lime scents fill the olfactory senses followed by some green apple, talc, wet steel and mineral notes. Exceptionally concentrated and powerful the texturally viscous palate is engulfed with scrumptious lime, citrus and orange rind fruits. Racy, mouth watering acidity provides the perfect spine with notions of green apple, wet steel, chalky talc and flinty minerals lying underneath. Finishes dry, crisp, textural and super long showing just the right amount of tension. A world class Riesling by any measure.
Drink over the next 6-8 years.
Alc. 12.5%

Other Reviews....
This is a reserve selection from a number of Eden Valley vineyards honouring ancestor Julius Henschke, and is always a wine of utmost quality. Its flowery, fragrant lime and lemon aromas soar from the glass, the palate with its spear of unsweetened lime and lemon finish and aftertaste underlining its intensity and quality. Drink by 2037.
97 Points
James Halliday's Australian Wine Companion (October 2022)

This has such vibrant and pure, tangy fruit. Lime zest, lemons, white flowers, green apples, slate and shells. Dusty crushed stones, too. Sharp and precise, with a medium body and mouthwatering acidity. This is very fruity and dense, with a column of fruit that goes deep in to the wine. From biodynamically grown grapes. Drink or hold. Screw cap.
96 Points
JamesSuckling.com (November 2022)

2022 marks the 30th anniversary of the Julius Riesling, and what a vintage to be able to commemorate. 2022 was blisteringly good, seemingly everywhere in South Australia (and Western Australia too), and that was never more true than for Riesling. Here, in the 2022 Julius Riesling, the tension and savory precision that marks Julius is out in full force; the wine this year is littered with preserved lemon, brine, pith and crushed shells (odd, sure, given the non-proximity to ocean!) and, more interesting, leafy things too, like green tea and orchard leaves. Kaffir lime, also? Excellent. Drink 2022-2037.
95 points
Erin Larkin - Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate