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• Juliansi Likes this wine: 93 points

  December 29, 2022 - Stunning.. 30 years old, and still in a beautiful drinking window.
  
  Along with the Empyrean 1999, these were the 2 best wines of our 8 bottle session far beating the fabled Unicos too!
  
  It is truly hard to find single vineyard Shiraz from Penfolds historic Magill Estate, amazing maturation and balance with luscious blackberry and plum mouthfeel. Such a long finish too!
  
  Thanks for hand carrying this back all the way from Adelaide, grateful for you sharing this very special bottle Hann Sze bro. Happy new year 2023!
  
  Bottle 5 of 8, our NY eve gathering at Tang Room with the 6 lads ❤️ We shared the Unicos and rest of us brought some bottles as a "bonus" too
  
  Grown in the legendary and historic Magill Estate Vineyard, in the Adelaide foothills of South Australia. Read that Magill Estate was the first vineyard established by Dr. Christopher Rawson Penfold in 1844.
  
  This vineyard is now 6 hectares in size and consists entirely of Shiraz vines, aged between 25 and 45 years. This is a rare single vineyard wine and is proudly handcrafted.
  
  Pre NY Eve celebration, Tang Room (Malaysia)
  29 Dec 2022

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• Paul S wrote: 90 points

  February 9, 2010 - William's Somewhat Old Shiraz - a Penfolds Magill Estate vertical and some extras (Culina, Dempsey Hill): A pretty good wine. but I thought this lacked the depth and character of the pair of 80s' bottles that we had in the earlier flight. Nose had more new world inflections for one thing - with ferrous mineral, earth and spice wed to woody, brambly notes and lots of high-toned, glycerol-infused plum and prunes flavours. Plenty of richness on the palate as well, with crystalined, almost gummy prunes and plums on the attack. Nicely balanced tough, with fresh acidity lifting the wine. I thought it was just a little tight around the edges, compared to the more giving wines in the last flight. Past the mid-palate, there was a distinct streak of bloody, ferrous mineral, a touch of orange peel and smoky tobacco moving into the finish. There was some length at the tail-end. Not prodigious, but with a linger of plums and blueberries with dried, lemon zesty notes. Somehow though, it seemed to lack a bit of power at the back-end, sounding just a little on the hollow and empty side. A wine starting to slip perhaps? All in all, a pleasant wine. Nothing to crow about, but still very pleasurable to drink.

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• Alex H wrote: 84 points

  June 11, 2009 - Textbook peppermint and eucalyptus from an aged aussie shiraz. Plummish. Milk chocolate infused with cinnamon, Weigthy silky body of hersey's peppermint milk choc kisses melted and coating big round plums. Alc check, sweet fruits check, lingering finish check, acidity check but low , tannins ...hmmm almost no. A good wine but considerably simple. Drink now. This is already past its prime but still drinkable.

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• Vintage 1992
• Type Red
• Producer Penfolds
• Varietal Shiraz
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Magill Estate
• Country Australia
• Region South Australia
• SubRegion Mount Lofty Ranges
• Appellation Adelaide Plains

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• In Cellars 23 (77%)
• Consumed 7 (23%)

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