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Penfolds RWT Bin 798 Barossa Valley Shiraz 2020

98 POINT RATED THE REAL REVIEW & ROBERT PARKER WINE ADVOCATE PENFOLDS ICONIC RWT SHIRAZ

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Why to buy:

98 POINT RATED ERIN LARKIN ROBERT PARKER WINE ADVOCATE
98 POINT RATED HUON HOOKE THE REAL REVIEW
98 POINT RATED NICK STOCK JAMES SUCKLING
97 POINT RATED JAMES HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION

Specifications:

Vintage:	2020
Source/Region:	Barossa Valley, South Australia
Grape Variety:	Shiraz
Cellaring:	Peak drinking between 2025 & 2050
Bottle Top:	Stelvin
Alcohol Content:	14.50
Standard Drinks:	8.60
Rating:	98

Tasting Notes:

Regionally distinct, an aromatic profile that can only signify the Barossa Valley. A compelling synthesis of dark forest berries, bramble, satsuma plum conserve and dark cherry. The primary fruit characteristics are unpinned by generous warm spice, fresh tobacco leaf and a suggestion of chinotto/sarsaparilla. Violets add a hallmark floral stamp. Intriguing nuances of fresh vanilla pod and dark-roast arabica ristretto round out an enticing nose. French oak notes are present yet remain restrained and nuanced.

The palate is generous, with voluminous and enveloping tannins, so silken they betray their density and persistence. This sturdy foundation provides a perfect canvas upon which to display the spoils of the harvest, layers of flavours roll over the palate in waves. Varietally correct and true to origin. Blue fruits, boysenberry, plum and mulberry are front and centre, a signature of RWT. A suggestion of crème brûlée and panforte provide a sweet counterpoint to complex notes of exotic spice and cedary oak.

Technical:

Winter rainfall was 17% lower than the long-term average, the second consecutive year of winter drought. Spring was cool and dry, driven by below-average minimum and maximum temperatures. The trend of cool and dry weather continued well into November delaying flowering and fruit-set. The 2019 calendar year was the driest on record for the Nuriootpa weather station. The beginning of summer was marked by a heatwave, with a peak of 45.6°C on the 20th of December. In all, the Barossa Valley had 26 summer days recorded over 35°C. Conditions in January and February provided some welcome respite. Average February maximum temperatures were 3°C below average. This, combined with a welcome 21mm of rain on the 1st of February, allowed the grapes to slowly reach full ripeness. A low yielding vintage that delivered a small crop of shiraz with strong varietal characteristics.

Accolades & Awards:

98 Point Rated - Huon Hooke The Real Review

Very deep, concentrated red-purple colour; deep-set black fruit aromas, laced with dried herbs, thyme and oregano, the palate massive and super-powerful in typical RWT style. A biggie, and a very grand wine. The tannins are remarkably smooth and supple for such a whopper. Superb wine.

98 Point Rated Erin Larkin Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2020 RWT Shiraz Bin 798 is a powerhouse of bloody fruit and firm tannin. It veritably explodes from the blocks, showing plum skin, raspberry leaf, blackberry, mulberry lashings of salted licorice and rendered lamb fat. I am coming to love (in a big and serious way) the Barossa Shiraz’ bottlings from 2020 – the year was significantly down in yields, warm and dry and responsible for wines of muscle, density and gravitas. So, too, for this wine. Excellent.

98 Point Rated - Nick Stock, JamesSuckling.com

“This is a wonderful Bin 7 with striking poise, polish and intensity on offer. Show-stopping aromas of ripe blackberry, dark plum and espresso are primal and freshly captured. The palate is rich and lusciously expressed, with a very plush and intense core of ripe blackberry and dark-plum fruit. Roasted coffee here, too. Such poise and polish. Drink over the next decade or more.

97 Point Rated - James Halliday Wine Companion

Matured for 16 months in an even split of new and 1yo French hogsheads. When you see a wine with this depth of colour, grading to a brilliant crimson rim, you know all is well. The deliberate use of French oak (to the exclusion of all others) was a decision made when planning the birth of RWT with its inaugural 1997 vintage, and in tasting through Penfolds' array of red wines, it stands out. It's a brilliant trifecta of intense fruit, balanced tannins, and that classy oak.

95 Point Rated - Campbell Mattinson The Wine Front

Bin 798. Barossa Valley. 16 Months In French Oak Hogsheads (49% New, 51% 1-Y.o.).

You’d never know that 2020 was a lesser year. The palate here has its usual RWT strut but it has carry through the finish as well. It’s a meaty release, backed by plum, backed by clove and musk. This is deep, man. For all its silk and cream there’s a gravity to this, a presence, driven by the weight of flavour but also by the rock and roll of fruit-drenched tannin. Gold medal standard.