Penfolds

RWT Bin 798 Shiraz 2018

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  Vintage 2018
  95 points

The warm summer of 2018 plays to Penfolds mandate for RWT to be ‘opulent, fleshy, aromatic and plush’ (by contrast to the Grange aspiration of ‘muscular and assertive’), making this a very easy wine to blend for the Penfolds team. ‘Such was the calibre of our A2 grade shiraz – the core of RWT and St Henri – that we almost nailed the blend right from the outset during classification!’ Peter Gago revealed. And opulent it is, a deep well of magnificent, sweet, ripe black fruits of enticingly glossy appeal, painted in rich strokes of French oak dark and milk chocolate, underlined by polished, firm fine tannins that draw the finish out long, full and strong. A quintessential RWT for the medium-term, guaranteed to turn heads and win hearts. 14.5% alc. 2028-2033 – 95 points.

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  Vintage 2018
  99 points

Our wine panel, in unison, exclaimed, "Wow!" on nosing this wine. We were instantly captivated by its brooding darkness, the substantial ripples of sumptuous, spiced blackberry fruit, freshening blue fruit, toasted oak and chocolate on an elegant and endless palate. Silky smooth and without a hair out of place, this is the premier wine of the 2020 Penfolds release.