Riesling, Henschke, `Julius` Eden Valley, Australia

Jancis Robinson MW, Jancis Robinson

17++ points
Already more intense and evolved on the nose than the Peggy's Hill bottling. Really fills the mouth with lime-juice character until it comes to the decidedly dry end after some strong fruit impact. This is still very youthful but very promising. Great persistence. Really vibrates in the mouth. It would be a waste to drink this too young but it's not aggressively austere.

Erin Larkin, Henschke and the Highly Focused 2021 Lens, The Wine Advocate.
 
Henschke, `Julius` Eden Valley Riesling 2024, Australia
96 points
The 2024 Julius Riesling is lean and austere, both aromatically and in the mouth. One must wait for the length of flavour to subside prior to casting judgment upon it; and it is best that you do wait, because the length of flavour is surely one of the greatest determining factors of quality. Here, I was able to write all of this while the wine was fading, and still, it is possible to perceive it. So, while this wine has an array of white flowers, crushed fine quartz, citrus pith and lime oil, it is wrapped in a gauzy shroud of powder-fine phenolics, threaded together by saline acidity. It is long, subtle, composed and excellent. This is Eden Valley at its finest, and the finest Julius yet.

Natasha Hughes MW, Decanter.

Henschke, `Julius` Eden Valley Riesling 2024, Australia
94 points
Although the acidity is bracing and creates a firm backbone for this wine, there’s more than enough lemon and lime sherbet fruit and crisp green apple notes on the palate to provide balance. There’s complexity here, too, derived from talcy minerality and a suggestion of spiced richness on the long finish. Great energy and precision. Should age well. Harvested 26 February-1 March.

Angus Hughson, Cellar Favourite: A Landmark Vintage – Henschke 2021, Vinous. 

Henschke, `Julius` Eden Valley Riesling 2024, Australia
95 points
This 2024 Riesling Julius is a powerhouse with its tightly coiled aromas of Rose's lime juice and kaffir zest, which are youthful and well-composed. It has fantastic volume of flavour, with an almost chewy texture due to its density and sheer power. A backbone of crystalline acidity drives a slightly closed finish of exceptional length.