2019 Penfolds Shiraz RWT Bin 798

Community Tasting Notes (3) Median Score: 86 points

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  12/30/2023 - TWSA Does not like this wine: 86 Points

  Nose: dark chocolate, plum, vanilla, pepper, cinnamon
  Notes: 14.5% ABV. Clearly way too young for consumption now. Very full bodied and sweet. Honestly sometimes I'm unsure about the Penfolds house style as everything is just really ripe, sun-kissed and without a better word, sweet. I personally think that whenever something is this ripe it will result in a compromise in terms of elegance and balance. Although I do enjoy a Grange occasionally I can't say the 798 is my thing.
  Drink: 2028+
  Rating: 86

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  4/8/2023 - melvinyeowq wrote: 86 Points

  Bring an interesting wine theme: Immediately identifiable as Oz Shiraz which most people guessed correctly. Large-scaled wine that had heavy mocha overtones, cloyingly sweet fruit. Impenetrable now, couldn't take more than a sip of this.

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  10/6/2022 - WineTally Likes this wine:

  100% Shiraz
  from rich brown soils and alluvial sands of the Barossa Valley.
  No vinification detail available.
  Aged 18 months in French oak hogheads (57% new, 43% 1-yr)
  14.5% Abv.
  History: Founded in 1844 by Dr Christopher and Mary Penfold.
  Succeeded by daughter Georgina in 1884. Max Schubert became
  its first Chief Winemaker in 1948 and by 1960 turned his
  "Grange" project into the legendary icon.
  Chief Winemaker (4th): Peter Gago since 2002
  Senior Winemakers: Stephanie Dutton, Emma Wood
  
  RWT stand for ‘Red Winemaking Trial’, internal name of project starting in 1995.
  
  A(ccuray)=2: Deep ruby/purple. Focused, intense varietal.
  B(alance)=3: Ripe fruit with distinctive structure.
  C(omplexity)=2: Dark and red fruits, mint, spices, chocolate.
  D(epth)=2: Chewy mouthfeel. Full palate and lingering finish.
  
  Wine Tally Score [2,3,2,2]= 9/10
  
  At best when oak tannin further resolves.
  
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