Grape ShirazRatings*Penfolds – Icon & Luxury RangeExceptional – by Langton’s Classification Australian Wine Robert Parker 93Jeremy Oliver 94Wine Spectator 83Tasting Notes Colour : Medium red.Nose : Complex, cedar/tobacco/gamey with plenty of sweet fruit.Palate : Highly concentrated and beautifully textured wine with lovely, sweet, blackberry/ smoky/ earthy fruit and liquorice, fine grainy tannins and dry finish.… Read More »
Grape Shiraz Ratings *Penfolds – Icon & Luxury Range Exceptional – by Langton’s Classification Australian Wine Robert Parker 98 Jeremy Oliver 97 James Halliday 97 Wine Spectator 95 Tasting Notes Colour : As a five year old at the time of writing, and just before its annual release, the wine is deep, dark and impenetrable.… Read More »
GrapeCabernet SauvignonRatings James Halliday 96 Jeremy Oliver 95Tasting Notes Medium to full red-purple; a paradigm of everything Cabernet Sauvignon should be: the fragrant cassis/redcurrant fruit and perfect oak integration of the bouquet is followed by an intensely flavoured yet elegant wine on a very long palate flooded with cassis and redcurrant fruit, and crowned with… Read More »
Grape Shiraz Ratings *Penfolds – Icon & Luxury Range Exceptional – by Langton’s Classification Australian Wine Robert Parker 94 Jeremy Oliver 90 Wine Spectator 91 Tasting Notes Colour : Intense deep rich red. Nose : Blackcurrant and plum aromas combined with developed chocolate and caramel-like characters which are enhanced by smoky oak characters. Palate :… Read More »
Grape Shiraz Ratings *Penfolds – Icon & Luxury Range Exceptional – by Langton’s Classification Australian Wine Robert Parker 98+ Jeremy Oliver 95 James Halliday 97 Wine Spectator 93 Tasting Notes Colour : Deep, dark and dense, retaining bright purple hues. Nose : The nose is immediately Grange, revealing barrel ferment complexities soaked in dark berried… Read More »
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… Read More »
Region: Barossa, McLaren Vale, Coonawarra Variety: Shiraz, Cabernet Cellar: 36 years (2016-2054) Alcohol: 14.3% Ratings *Penfolds – Icon & Luxury Range Exceptional – by Langton’s Classification Australian Wine Robert Parker 97 Jeremy Oliver 95 James Halliday 96 Wine Spectator 97 Tasting Notes Colour : Deep, dark garnet. Nose : At once Grange – a tightly… Read More »
Grape Shiraz Ratings *Penfolds – Icon & Luxury Range Exceptional – by Langton’s Classification Australian Wine Robert Parker 92 Jeremy Oliver 95 James Halliday 95 Wine Spectator 97 Tasting Notes Colour : Deep red. Nose :Complex with masses of concentrated plum, raspberry and blackberry fruit aromas and hints of leather, dark chocolate and spice. Palate… Read More »
Grape Shiraz Ratings *Penfolds – Icon & Luxury Range Exceptional – by Langton’s Classification Australian Wine Robert Parker 91 Jeremy Oliver 95 James Halliday 97 Wine Spectator 96 Tasting Notes Colour : Dark plum with brick red rim. Nose :Rich and complex with flashes of green tea leaf and truffle, interlocked with freshly tanned leather… Read More »
Grape Shiraz Ratings *Penfolds – Icon & Luxury Range Exceptional – by Langton’s Classification Australian Wine Robert Parker 91 Jeremy Oliver 91 Wine Spectator 91 Tasting Notes Colour : Deep plum-red in colour with youthful purple hues. Nose : A complex bouquet featuring opulent, ripe Shiraz berry fruit characters, ranging from soft, earthy nuances through… Read More »