2023 McHenry Hohnen Hazel's Vineyard GSM, Margaret River

A small pocket of grenache is planted on Hazel’s vineyard, how fortuitous: hand-picked, whole-bunch fermentation then gently pressed to used French oak and concrete vessels for about 10 months. It starts with lots of upfront fruit raspberries, red cherries – all sweet, tangy and a little tart – next warm spices, some iodine and menthol. The fuller-bodied palate is tensile via grainy tannins and puckering acidity. There’s a lot to take in, even in its youth, but this will be more complex in a few years. Drink to 2035.

95 points (Special Value) Jane Faulkner for Halliday Wine Companion, February 2025

The 2023 Hazel's Vineyard Grenache Syrah Mataro is lean and spicy, with blackberry and green bean, licorice and star anise, leaf and bramble. The tannins are great—they offset the fruit and shape the wine. There's an attractive coffee/chocolate note woven in, too. This is a little on the leafier side of ripe, and the energy and lift that that contributes is immense. Drink to 2033.

92+ points Erin Larkin for The Wine Advocate, December 2025

A blend of Grenache, Syrah and Mataro from a stellar Margaret River vintage, with fruit sourced from the certified biodynamic Hazel’s vineyard in Witchcliffe.

About this producer

McHenry Hohnen was founded in 2004 by notable Perth wine retailer and hospitality name Murray McHenry and David Hohnen, winemaker and founder of Cape Mentelle and Cloudy Bay.

Murray planted his first vines in Margaret River in 1984 at what is now the Burnside Vineyard. The McHenry Hohnen wines are made from fruit grown in three estate vineyards in the southern part of the Margaret River: Hazel’s at Witchcliffe, Calgardup Brook in Karridale and Burnside enroute to Cowaramup. The vineyards are managed by a team led by Ben Sieber, while Soave-born Jacopo Dalli Cani is in charge back at the winery.