Penfold's The Rewards Of Patience 7th Ed


St Henri
Drink 2020 ••• 2050

Deep inky purple. Very expressive but elemental elderberry, liquorice, musky plum, praline, sweet fruit aromas. Voluminous, juicy and inviting with opulent elderberry, plum fruit flavours and dense sweet chocolatey tannins. Finishes velvety smooth with superb flavour length. All the elements are there in complete harmony, but several years are needed to reach optimum maturity and drinking window. A great vintage. A modern classic St Henri.

100% shiraz.

‘Extremely promising with dark plum, beetroot, gamey, violet notes, juicy density and solid tannin backbone.’ (FK) ‘Incredibly youthful with masses of dark inky fruit. A very fine combination of concentration, dark fruits, freshness and fine tannins. Finishes long but still difficult to judge.’ (AL)




Tyson Stelzer Penfold's Bin & Icon Release 2014


Penfolds St Henri Shiraz 2010, $95

If you buy no other Penfolds this release, don’t miss St Henri. It’s as if the 2010 season was perfectly orchestrated for this large format, old oak style. A celebration of this great vintage, this is one of the finest under this label of the modern era, perhaps ever.

The epitome of the St Henri style, effortless and elegant, with epic purity and definition, deep and full, yet in not way heavy or overbearing. Wonderfully crunchy and impeccable blackberry, blueberry and plum fruit is accented with notes of liquorice and dark chocolate, presented in a framework of beautifully crafted, finely honed tannins and excellent acid profile. It has space and grace, while lacking nothing in presence and structure, propagating with line and length nothing short of breathtaking. Wow.

The price hasn’t moved in three years, and long may it stay this way.

100% shiraz from the Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Coonawarra, Adelaide Hills, Wrattonbully and Clare Valley, matured for 12 months in old, large 1460L vats.

Available 1 May 2014.

Drink: 2020-2040

97 points

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