Grape
Shiraz
Ratings
*Penfolds – Icon & Luxury Range
Excellent – by Langton’s Classification Australian Wine
Robert Parker 87
Jeremy Oliver 93
Wine Spectator 91
Tasting Notes
Colour : Lively deep crimson.
Nose : At once both savoury and spicy. Nutmeg and
plummy/dark cherried fruitcake aromas oscillate
alongside notes of rum and raisin dark chocolate.
Cedary French oak helps preserve the varietal and
regional aromatic integrity of this single estate
shiraz.
Palate : A medium weight palate, with mulberry and wild
raspberry fruits, tightly contained by satiny
tannins that literally coat the whole mouth.
Charming, balanced, and long lingering flavours,
are courted by malty oak and ideal acidity. In the
mould of the 1996
-by Official Website
The 2001 Shiraz Magill Estate, which is meant to be one of Penfolds?ˉ
flagship offerings, offers a shy but enticing aromatic display of
flowers, black fruits, forest floor, and wood. Elegant, medium-bodied,
not terribly concentrated flavors once again display a certain acidic
edge that is unnatural. Nevertheless, the quality and purity of the
fruit, the pleasant aromatics, and the intrinsic qualities that have not
been totally obliterated by acid obsessed oenologists pull the wine
through, but one wonders what it could have been?
-by Robert Parker
Fragrant aromas of intense, slightly confiture-like raspberries, red
cherries and plums, with undertones of turned earth and creamy,
bubblegum-like oak. Sweet, soft and vibrant, it?ˉs primary and youthful,
with juicy cassis, raspberry and dark cherry flavours and sweet vanilla
oak generating a sumptuous, plush mouthfeel. A delightful and vivacious
young wine, but a massive departure in style for this vineyard. Drink : 2013-2021.
-by Jeremy Oliver
Firm, densely packed with black cherry, dark berry and earthy, mineral
flavors that persist impressively onto a solid finish. Needs time to
flesh itself out and shed some chunky tannins. Best from 2006 through
2015. 1,800 cases made.
–by Wine Spectator