2004 RWT Shiraz
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Deep garnet in color, the 2004 RWT Shiraz has a meaty nose showing some tar and earth hints on top of a core of baked currant and cherries. Medium-bodied, the savory palate is structured by chewy tannins. It is holding up but is not as expressive as its predecessors. Going through a mute patch?
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The Wine Advocate
Jay S Miller, Wine Advocate
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Mainly Kalimna fruit. Multi-vineyard blend. 14 months in French oak hogsheads (70% new). TA 6.8 g/l. Sweet, small dark fruit berries with an attractive sappy freshness and even very slightly floral. Dark and dry and tasty. Some prune flavours but not overripe. Fine, dry firm tannins. (JH)
Very fine dark fruit. Pure, dry, dark and mineral. Lots of spice but also savoury. Soft and chocolate textured but a lovely dark dry fruit flavour. Very smooth. Has that savoury character of Douro reds but it's softer, smoother and more approachable. Delicious. (JH)
100% Barrossa Valley fruit. Aged in French hogshead (300-litre) barrels, including nearly 70% new oak. 14.5%, pH 3.57, TA 6.8 g/l. Pretty closed on the nose at the moment, with touch of vanilla. Again, intensely sweet fruit, firm chewy tannins, fresh and peppery. Touch of herbs, even lavender. Pretty oaky on the palate. Very dense. With time in the glass: chocolate orange on nose, very fragrant on the mid palate, slightly abrupt finish.
About the producer
Penfolds is Australia’s most famous wine producer, known best for their iconic top wine, Grange. First produced commercially in 1952, Grange has since gone on to become one of the world’s most famous fine wines. In 2001, the wine was listed as an Australian heritage icon.