PenfoldsSt Henri Shiraz 2004
Dry, Full Bodied style of Shiraz
About this product
Dry, Full Bodied style of Shiraz
- TypeShiraz
- Size750mL
- RegionMulti-Regional Blend
- Current Vintage2004
- Standard Drinks8.6
- Alcohol Volume14.50%
- Langtons ClassifiedOutstanding
- CountryAustralia
- StateSouth Australia
- Brand NamePenfolds
- Wine MakerPeter Gago
- ClosureCork
- Wine SweetnessDry
- Wine BodyFull Bodied
- More about Campbell Mattinson
Campbell Mattinson
Award winning Australian wine reviewer for Wine Companion and winefront.com.au
Vintage 2004
96 points www.winefront.com.au
This 2004 Penfolds St Henri Shiraz washes up through your mouth in a blaze of musk and violets, its pure sweet fruitiness silken and lingering ...
Vintage 2004
94 points erobertparker.com
It is broody, almost saturnine, with hints of dark chocolate, liquorice and crushed violet. The palate is masculine and structure, a demonstrative St. Henri with an obdurate structure, a vaulted backbone that keeps the fruit linear and strict until it eventual decides to mellow. It unreservedly veers to the more Bordeaux-like St. Henri, but to be frank, it is rather impenetrable now and needs at least a decade before it entertains the notion of drinkability. Even then, it might tell you to bugger off, because that is the personality of this wine.
