Penfolds

FWT 585 Red Blend 2019 750ml

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  Vintage 2019
  94 points

The cabernet, merlot and petit verdot fruit for the FWT (French Winemaking Trial) was sourced from premium vineyards across the Medoc, then, given the famous Penfolds treatment. Dan Murphy panel members commented on the savoury, dried herb influence, cranberry, red currant, purple plum and dusty cherry flavours, nutmeg, roast chestnut and mocha and the finale of cedary, firm, drying tannins. "So many things to see - a different wine with each sip". A wine to enjoy over the next ten years.

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  Vintage 2019
  95 The Vintage Journal

Medium deep crimson. Fresh inky blackcurrant, dark plum aromas with chinotto, hint roasted chestnut, malty notes. Classical claret-style palate with fresh blackcurrant, dark plum fruits, fine slinky/ grainy tannins, very good mid-palate richness and underlying roasted chestnut/ mocha notes. Finishes cedar firm with chinotto, dark fruits. Very smooth, supple and detailed with attractive volume and vigour. An impressive first edition showing clear regional origins and a sotto-voce Penfolds imprint. Discrete, precise and approachable. 100% maturation for 14 months in new French (44%) and new American (14%) oak. Penfolds first Bordeaux claret! 14% alc Drink now – 2030 95 points