2013 Penfolds RWT Barossa Shiraz

Sourced entirely from the Barossa RWT’s style is opulent and fleshy, contrasting with Grange, which is more muscular and assertive. It sees 17 months in French oak hogsheads (57% new and 43% 1-y.o.) whereas Grange is matured in new American oak.

Other Reviews….
17 months in French hogsheads (57% new). Excellent depth and hue to the colour; French oak is a point of difference, not simply for the sake of difference, but as part of the superstructure of a very complex wine. The tannins could trick you into believing it is cabernet, not shiraz, as does the crossover of blackberry and blackcurrant. Its chemical analysis does not point to above-average acidity, but here, too, there is an exclamation mark. This is a serious wine of the kind one might expect from the northern end of the Rhone Valley.
96 points
James Halliday's Wine Companion

Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2013 Shiraz RWT Barossa Valley has a youthfully mute blackberries and black cherries-scented nose with hints of cedar, toast, cracked pepper and Provence herbs. While the oak is still standing out slightly in the mouth, this is backed up by tons of rich, seductive, mouth-coating fruit and firm, rounded tannins, with just enough acid in the very long finish. This is a truly great RWT!
95 points
Lisa Perrotti-Brown – Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate