Penfolds

St Henri Shiraz 2011

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  Vintage 2011
  93 points

Deep crimson. Fragrant red cherry, redcurrant aromas with sweet fruit, dark  chocolate notes. An elegant style with fresh red currant, red cherry flavours, fine   sinewy, al-dente textures and underlying sweet fruit, tobacco, chinotto notes.   Finishes chalky dry, minerally and long. Very much an alter ego St Henri vintage,   yet still displaying the hallmarks of the Penfolds house style. Keep it for a while   and it will build more generosity and fruit complexity.

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  Vintage 2011
  90 points www.winefront.com

Very dark for an 11. Immediately it smells of the cool year, with leaf litter and black pepper in abundance. Already quite secondary, the flavours and gentle, supple and the acidity is really noticeable before a faintly bitter finish. You''d be hard pressed picking this as a typical St Henri, but it is distinctive in a leafy, mushrooms way. Decent tannins finish things off. By no means a bad wine, but such a departure from the normal St Henri mode! Much to chew on, but not a truly great wine.