Henschke Henry's Seven 2017

Professional Ratings

• 93 James Suckling
  This has a very impressively fresh and vibrant nose with boysenberries and raspberries, as well as cherries on offer. There’s richness and ripeness to the palate here with a fresh, assertive yet very approachable palate. A blend of 73% shiraz (co-fermented with 5% viognier), 17% grenache and 5% mataro.
• 91 Wine Spectator

  This refined red offers up-front smoky, peppery aromas, with touches of smoked paprika and espresso mingling with the dense blueberry and blackberry flavors at the core. The tannins are firm but polished, revealing hints of dried floral and mocha on the finish. Shiraz and Mataro. Drink now through 2031. 

• 91 Decanter

  Silky layers of molasses, smoky dark fruit and spiced aromatics, peppery dark fruit, spiced oak and supple tannins on the palate

• 90 Wine Enthusiast
  This is a young, big-boned Rhône-style blend from one of Barossa’s most esteemed and historic producers. It’s unsurprising here in Shiraz country that this is the variety that dominates. If drinking now, be warned it’s initially quite reductive and needs time in a decanter before those vegetal, damp earth aromas subside. Once they do, red fruit, milk chocolate and earthy spices float to the fore. The palate is full and rich, swelling with red fruit and well-integrated tannins.
• 90 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

  The 2017 Henry's Seven is 73% Shiraz, 17% Grenache, 5% Mataro and 5% Viognier. While it lacks the depth and richness of Henscke's top-level bottlings, it's wonderfully complex, with notes of menthol, juniper, thyme and allspice accenting blueberries and blackberries. Medium to full-bodied and silky in texture, it can be drunk now or cellared 5-8 years.