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• swiftr Likes this wine: 94 points

  March 15, 2022 - Very big, fairly dense but lots of fruit, with layers of complexity developing and notable length. It should have many years of life and even further development if I can bear to wait. Very Penfolds in character, not as distinctive as Grange (nothing is) but well above what we used to regard as their “basic” wines, eg Bin 28, which is still excellent.

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• Philip67 Likes this wine: 94 points

  July 4, 2021 - Hmmm what a great wine! Plenty of red and black berry fruit. Fruit still full and accompanied by a nice acidity that provides an excellent balanced wine. Tannins now softening. Long and complex finish. Drink now and over the next 5 years - will last a little longer but is at its peak now, expect to start to fall away from here.

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• Peter John Likes this wine: 95 points

  March 16, 2021 - Simply fabulous!

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• WineDoctors wrote: 90 points

  February 6, 2021 - Blueberry. smooth tannins. plum jam, long finish. med acid. a little flabby

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• graemeg wrote:

  November 4, 2020 - NobleRottersSydney - Random night (Fix, St James, Sydney): {screwcap, 14.5%} [Gordon] Bottle 40991; double-decanted three hours earlier. Barely developing nose. Plums, blackberry jam, sweet vanilla and coconut too. Slight porty note to the aromas. An odd mix of young and old. The palate is about full-bodied, ultra-ripe fruit, despite any pretence RWT has to elegance. Big blackberry fruit, a touch raisin-like too, confected a bit; lots of heft on the mid-palate. Feels a little formulaic to me; maybe at an awkward age. More time will help. It’s a crowd-pleaser, don’t get me wrong, with plenty of flavour and punch, I just think it would have been more nuanced were it a bit less ripe and ’worked’ somehow. Come back in five – or ten – years.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2004
• Type Red
• Producer Penfolds
• Varietal Shiraz
• Designation RWT
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Australia
• Region South Australia
• SubRegion Barossa
• Appellation Barossa Valley
• UPC Codes 012354072602, 9310297653478, 9310297654819, 9310297654840

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• Pending Delivery 4 (0%)
• In Cellars 1,128 (68%)
• Consumed 537 (32%)

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