Grape
Shiraz
Ratings
*Penfolds – Icon & Luxury Range
Excellent – by Langton’s Classification Australian Wine
Robert Parker 92
Jeremy Oliver 96
James Halliday 94
Wine Spectator 93
Tasting Notes
Colour : Glistening purple.
Nose : Giveaway, pristine Barossa Valley Shiraz fruit
aromas; fresh blueberry (pie) and blood plum. A
barrel-fermented vapour net entraps scents of
cinnamon and nutmeg, violet and bergamot.
Flirting strawberry yoghurt (creamy) and freshlycut
rhubarb aromatics unwittingly entice. A nose
of elevated and finessed perfumed high notes – a
la RWT!
Palate : The palate is balanced and full-bodied with a silken, lush, ‘tofu-like’ texture, replete with generous, ripe, even yet firm tannins. Flavours of
wild-berry fruits – blueberry, boysenberry and loganberry, again verging towards raspberry yoghurt, redefine the ‘sweet-conserve’ descriptor … neither porty nor residual sugarsweet, but lush and (dry red) unctuous. This is another great Barossa vintage, highlighting the strength of any of the Barossa sourced 2005 reds.
-by Official Website
The 2005 RWT Shiraz was aged in 70% new French oak hogsheads. The
bouquet shows off aromas of pain grille, pencil lead, damp earth,
pepper, game, blueberry, and blackberry liqueur. Velvety textured,
supple, ripe and succulent, this elegant effort is impeccably balanced
and built for pleasure. Drink it over the next 10-12 years.
-by Robert Parker
A joyful, vibrant and supple shiraz whose open and uncomplicated
expression of pristine blackberry, cassis and plum-like flavour is
lifted by a spicy perfume and the handsome mocha and vanilla presence of
new fine-grained French oak. Juicy without being jammy, it?ˉs smooth and
approachable, with a finely crafted, willowy backbone of velvet tannin. Drink 2013-2017.
-by Jeremy Oliver
Good red-purple; fragrant aromas of
black cherry, plum and blackberry; utterly delicious mouthfeel and
seductive fruit; will live, but extreme patience not needed.
-by James Halliday
Rich, ripe and focused, with a lovely purity to the blackberry, dark
plum and sweet spice flavors, playing against bittersweet chocolate
notes on the long, expressive finish. Best from 2010 through 2020. 1,500
cases imported.
-by Wine Spectator