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97
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94
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Tasting Notes
Penfolds RWT Shiraz is made with Barossa Valley shiraz matured in (this year) 80 percent new French oak. It was first released with the 1997 vintage, launched in 2000.
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity
- Smooth
- Complex
Classification: Red
Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage: 2005
Bottle Size: 750ml (Bottle)
Country: Australia
Region: South Australia, Barossa Valley
Alcohol %: 14.5%
Cellaring: 15 Plus Years
Scores
97 / 100"When I was writing about this Penfolds RWT Shiraz 2005 in the first edition of the Big Red Wine Book I called it “seductive, but not at all tarty”. Re-tasting it now I can see what I meant. It’s a luscious, sweet-centred, bold wine, jammed full of blueberried fruit and clipped with toasty, cedary, creamy oak. This too is fragrant and full, its violetty aromatics and power through the finish clear signals of its outstanding quality. This is a champion wine, for the long haul."
- Campbell Mattinson
94 / 100
"Good red-purple; fragrant aromas of black cherry, plum and blackberry; utterly delicious mouthfeel and seductive fruit; will live, but extreme patience not needed."
- James Halliday
