Penfolds St Henri Shiraz 2016

Penfolds St Henri Shiraz 2016Penfolds Rewards of Patience tasting panel 2021 5 5 rating James Suckling Top 100 Wines of Australia 2019 St Henri is a time honoured and alternative expression of Shiraz, and an intriguing counterpoint to Grange. It is unusual among high quality Australian red wines as it does not rely on any new oak. Released for the first time by Penfolds in the early 1950s (first commercial vintage 1957), it gained a new lease of life in the 1990s as its quality

Katnook Estate looked at a wide range of world class Merlots at an event called "Merlot Mastery

Situated in the South-Western ranges of Eden Valley adjacent to the Adelaide Hills

Fruit from the 100+ year old vines goes into Grant Burge's flagship Meshach Shiraz

Parts of the above text are taken from an article by Alicia Lüdi-Schutz in The Barossa Mag and an article on Grant Burge in Wine Selectors

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Drink: 2021-2033

the vineyard is planted mainly to Chardonnay and Pinot Noir

planted around 400m elevation in the early 1980s

introverted and composed

Takes the concept of elegant generosity to another level with more movement in the chorus of red fruit flavours than you might think possible

Without any fanfare

with a touch of elegance - within the Grange paradigm