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2005 Penfolds Magill Estate Shiraz

Penfolds Magill Estate Shiraz
Magill Estate Shiraz is a very important Penfolds single vineyard wine. It is of great symbolic importance because it is completely created in the remaining original vineyard (5.2 ha) and the original Penfolds winery at Magill, established in 1844 in Adelaide's eastern suburbs.

First produced in 1983, Penfolds Magill Estate Shiraz is an elegant, medium-weight style with velvety texture and fine tannins, matured in both French and American oak. It is a sleek, contemporary wine, yet crafted in the old fashioned way in the 120+ year-old winery: hand-picked, vinified in open fermenters and then basket pressed. Careful vineyard management (sacrificial canes, fruit thinning, relegation), batching and subsequent separation of ferments pay welcome dividends.

The 2005 vintage delivers a focused palate with the flavours and textures true to style. Tannins are firm and obvious - tight and chalky, not expansive and coarse. Oak is integrated - the cedar, vanillins and citrus notes are possibly illustrative of both French and American oak origins. This release is reminiscent of the 1994 vintage, albeit the vines of this Penfolds monopole are now more than 10 years older.Penfolds

The Wine Advocate
92/100
Penfolds Magill Estate Shiraz
The 2005 Magill Estate Shiraz was barrel-fermented and spent 14 months in French and American oak. It delivers a super-expressive nose of smoked meat, game pencil lead, pepper, blueberry, and blackberry leading to an elegant Shiraz with superb depth and grip. This lengthy effort will provide pleasure through 2020.
(Jay Miller - Wine Advocate # 181 Feb 2009)

The Wine Advocate
92/100
Penfolds Magill Estate Shiraz
Product: 942980
Maturity: Ready, but will improve
Vintage: 2005
Origin: Australia » South Australia » Barossa Valley Map of the region
Producer: Penfolds
Grape Variety: Syrah/Shiraz
Style: Full Bodied, Dry, 14.5% alcohol
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