2018 Penfolds, St Henri Shiraz in gift box
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Fruit from Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Port Lincoln, Robe, Padthaway, Clare Valley and Adelaide Hills. Matured for 12 months in >50-year-old vats.
Just penetrable purple with lots of blue tinges. Rich, ripe, complex nose that beckons you in to the glass. Amazingly there is some real freshness to this wine, even thought there are other elements to it that remind me of a liqueur. It's certainly a hit, with both immediate appeal and obvious potential for long ageing. Long and rather glorious without being too hot or weighed down by alcohol. No shortage of tannins but the fruit stands up to them.
Drink 2022 - 2035
Jancis Robinson, jancisrobinson.com (Jul 2021)
The 2018 St Henri Shiraz is a terrific effort, perhaps rivaling the top-flight wines under this label in 1976 and 1986. Remarkably fine and silky in texture yet simultaneously dense and concentrated, it showcases the amazing fruit harvested in 2018. Boysenberry, mulberry and mocha shadings all swirl together effortlessly in a whorl of full-bodied elegance, finishing long and effortless. Mainly Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale, it includes smaller amounts of fruit from Port Lincoln, Robe, Padthaway, Clare Valley and the Adelaide Hills, all aged 12 months in large old wooden vats.
Drink 2021 - 2040
Joe Czerwinski, Wine Advocate (Jul 2021)
A great St. Henri and, although multi-regional, this is very much a wine that speaks of the Barossa Valley, with aromas of ripe blackberries and red plums that are so fresh, together with tobacco, young-leather, earth, chocolate, coal-smoke and tarry accents. Effortless depth on the palate with summer berries, framed in fine, alabaster-like tannins that are underscored with discreet power. So long and captivating. A blend of Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Port Lincoln, Robe, Padthaway, Clare Valley and Adelaide Hills. Drink over the next decade or more. Screw cap.
James Suckling, jamessuckling.com (Aug 2021)
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Fruit from Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Port Lincoln, Robe, Padthaway, Clare Valley and Adelaide Hills. Matured for 12 months in >50-year-old vats.
Just penetrable purple with lots of blue tinges. Rich, ripe, complex nose that beckons you in to the glass. Amazingly there is some real freshness to this wine, even thought there are other elements to it that remind me of a liqueur. It's certainly a hit, with both immediate appeal and obvious potential for long ageing. Long and rather glorious without being too hot or weighed down by alcohol. No shortage of tannins but the fruit stands up to them.
Drink 2022 - 2035
Jancis Robinson, jancisrobinson.com (Jul 2021)
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