Grape
Shiraz
Ratings
*Penfolds – Icon & Luxury Range
Excellent – by Langton’s Classification Australian Wine
Robert Parker 96
Jeremy Oliver 90
James Halliday 95
Wine Spectator 94
Tasting Notes
Colour : Dark deep red.
Nose : Plush, lush, blackberry and loganberry conserve notes offer
lifted sweet fruit aromas with the faintest suggestion of savoury oak.
Stylistically very different from its release stablemate, 2001 Grange,
with darker soy/tar notes and a trace of pepper.
Palate : A svelte, structurally tightly-bound package with good grip and
definition. The sweet mid-palate is wrapped in plum, chocolate and
spice flavours, while pronounced grainy tannins and cedary integrated oak court a long lingering finish.
-by Official Website
The powerful, complex, dark purple-hued 2003 Shiraz RWT, which comes
from the Barossa and spends 15 months in 70% new and 30% used 300 liter
French oak barrels, boasts blackberry, kirsch liqueur, mulberry, soy,
and road tar aromas. Full-bodied, dense, and rich with beautifully
integrated oak, it is more evolved and forward than the Magill or the
Grange. It can be drunk now or cellared for 10-15+ years.
-by Robert Parker
A perfumed, floral and slightly meaty shiraz whose cedary fragrance of
dark plums, blueberries, blackcurrant, vanilla and chocolate precede a
long, tightly knit and focused shiraz that just lacks the brightness and
vitality of the best years. It offers deep dark berry flavours which
despite a balanced spine of fine-grained tannin just breaks up a
fraction at the finish, leaving a slightly rubbery and reductive
aftertaste. Drink
2011-2015.
-by Jeremy Oliver
Great outcome for a lesser vintage; right from the outset, a fusion of
black fruits and fine French oak each supporting the other; silky and
caressing.
-by James Halliday
Big, rich and vibrant, a spectacular mouthful of cherry, currant and a
subtle range of peppers, spices and creaminess, finishing with refined
tannins and a silky texture that lets the fruit and spice sail on and
on. Best from 2009 through 2018. 1,600 cases imported.
-by Wine Spectator