2019 Henschke, Keyneton Euphonium, Barossa, Australia
Description
This is a blend of fruit from across Voerzio’s holdings in the upper reaches of the Comune di La Morra, in crus like La Serra, Fossati and Case Nere. There is immediacy here: lots of floral notes and juicy fruit, all cherries and raspberries and earthy spices. This really is amazingly complex for a Comune wine, but it still finishes on a lithe, refreshing note.
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Colour
Red -
Sweetness
Dry -
Vintage
2019 -
Alcohol
14.5% -
Grape
Syrah/Shiraz -
Body
Full Bodied -
Producer
Henschke
Critics reviews
This elegant and refined 2019 Keyneton Euphonium a blend of Barossa Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot) displays leaf, dried herbs, mulberry, blackberry and savory, oak-aged aromas. There's a real claret feel with its mid-weight, compact shape and reserved flavor profile. Elongated, pliable tannins will keep this wine in good condition over the medium term.
Drink 2025 - 2034
14.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.
The 2019 Keyneton Euphonium leads with dried rose petals and pomegranate molasses, sumac, bone broth and salted licorice. In the mouth, the wine has a salty, soy/Lion's Mane character, alongside the cassis and bramble. The wine is lighter and finer than I would expect from this season, and it has a silky flow in the mouth. It has an Italianate character to the wine: it is savory and spicy, with very fine acidity and some floral high notes here.
Drink 2024 - 2039
Full screwcapped bottle 1,233 g. 52% Shiraz, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Cabernet Franc and 11% Merlot grown in the Barossa Eden Valley and Barossa Valley regions). Harvest 26 February to 16 April. Matured in 17% new and 83% seasoned 80% French, 20% American) oak hogsheads for 18 months prior to blending and bottling. TA 6.1 g/l, pH 3.59. The 2015 was a wine of the week in 2020.
Transparent, shaded garnet. Very mellow, well-integrated blend. Very luxuriously textured. Well-judged blend that's already approachable. Blackcurrants, blackberries and sagebrush. Lots of drive and when you taste this, you do wonder where they are going to go next, upwards the price scale. What's wrong with this? Many congratulations to the Henschke family and their growers. Very long. Went beautifully with roast beef.
Drink 2024 - 2034
This is very good. A rich wine, yet the weight is belied by cool, seductive aromas of mint, garden herbs and blue forest fruit accents, lifted by lilacs and a hint of smoked meat. The mid-palate is gently reductive but in a controlled fashion, not impinging on the succulence. The tannins are sinuous and long limbed, directing the effusive flow of flavor. This is an exceptional release of a cuvee that is often solid, if seldom at this elevated level. The best I can recall.
Drinkable now, but best from 2028.