Penfolds RWT Barossa Valley Shiraz 2003 1.5lt Magnum
The powerful, complex, dark purple-hued 2003 Shiraz RWT, which comes from the Barossa and spends 15 months in 70% new and 30% used 300 liter French oak barrels, boasts blackberry, kirsch liqueur, mulberry, soy, and road tar aromas. Full-bodied, dense, and rich with beautifully integrated oak, it is more evolved and forward than the Magill or the Grange. It can be drunk now or cellared for 10-15+ years. 96 points Jay Miller, Wine Advocate # 173 Oct 2007
A perfumed, floral and slightly meaty shiraz whose cedary fragrance of dark plums, blueberries, blackcurrant, vanilla and chocolate precede a long, tightly knit and focused shiraz that just lacks the brightness and vitality of the best years. It offers deep dark berry flavours which despite a balanced spine of fine-grained tannin just breaks up a fraction at the finish, leaving a slightly rubbery and reductive aftertaste. (Barossa Valley, $155 retail, approx., 17.2/90, drink 2011-2015) Jeremy Oliver
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