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Penfolds St Henri Shiraz 2018
$159.00
A unique premium Shiraz, the St Henri is not made in new oak but the very oldest. The wooden vats used are large, so have less surface area and flavour effect.
But they are also ancient, dating back to this legendary wine’s first vintages in the 1950s. So the wine’s deep smoky spice comes from the old vine Shiraz itself, which shines here as in no other.
From the fruit too comes the pure, powerful flavour and tannin structure, which will sustain an incredible future in cellar.
97/100 Parker’s Wine Advocate, Joe Czerwinski
“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
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