Grape
Shiraz
Ratings
*Penfolds – Icon & Luxury Range
Excellent – by Langton’s Classification Australian Wine
Jeremy Oliver 97
James Halliday 90
Wine Spectator 92
Tasting Notes
Colour : Dense crimson red.
Nose : Rich, saturated, Christmas pudding-like fruit and
stylish French oak are immediately obvious,
followed by more subtle aromas of dried glace
fruits and underlying dark liquorice and prune.
Palate : A sleek, luscious Barossa Valley Shiraz in which
a core of blueberry fruit and ripe tannins
contribute to phenomenal length of flavour. There
is also a refined, luxurious, praline-like flavour
and texture.
-by Offical Webiste
A real sleeper of a wine, with a rather closed perfume of blackberries,
raspberries, cassis and violets backed by spicy, cedar/vanilla oak. Very
elegant and willowy, long and fine-grained, it almost unwillingly
reveals layers of concentrated fruits, sweet oak and a frame of drying,
astringent tannins. All it needs is time. Drink 2010-2018+.
-by Jeremy Oliver
Medium to full red-purple; the powerful, rich and complex bouquet offers
ripe fruit and lots of oak. The deep, strongly structured palate has
the abundant fruit the bouquet promised, but the overall impact of the
oak and tannin extract needs time to settle down.
-by James Halliday
Rich, ripe and generous, a deep-pile carpet of blackberry, cherry, anise
and white pepper flavors that linger on the polished finish. Appealing
already. 4,392 cases made.
-by Wine Spectator