Penfolds

RWT Barossa Valley Shiraz 1998

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  Vintage 1998
  92 points www.winefront.com.au

Big blue oak, big blue fruit, spice, cedar, early signs of leather, a touch of tar, and then a swagger of gorgeous tannin. The tannin alone will power it through a long cellaring life. Lots of luscious fruit flavour though it gets a bit fat through the centre. Maybe it will surprise me given (lots of) more time.?

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  Vintage 1998
  90 points www.winecompanion.com.au

Medium to full red-purple; the powerful, rich and complex bouquet offers ripe fruit and lots of oak. The deep, strongly structured palate has the abundant fruit the bouquet promised, but the overall impact of the oak and tannin extract needs time to settle down.