Penfolds RWT Shiraz 2017
Penfolds-RWT-Shiraz-2017

Penfolds RWT Shiraz 2017

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Barossa Valley, South Australia, Australia

Style: Red Wine

Variety: Shiraz

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Penfolds RWT Shiraz 2017

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Camberwell VIC 3124
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Producer: Penfolds

Country: Australia

Region: Barossa Valley

Vintage: 2017

Critic Score: 98

Alcohol: 14.5%

Size: 750 ml

Drink by: 2045


The fruit purity roars through this wine. Sumptuous flavour, big and concentrated, also superbly elegant - Huon Hooke

Penfolds RWT Shiraz presents an admirable alternative to the multi-regional sourcing and American oak maturation that are hallmarks of Grange, expressing instead, single-region Barossa Valley Shiraz matured only in French oak. The initials RWT stand for 'Red Winemaking Trial', the name given to the project internally when developmental work began in 1995. Naturally, now no longer a 'Trial' RWT Shiraz was launched in May 2000 with the 1997 vintage. Its style is opulent and fleshy, contrasting with Grange, which is more muscular and assertive.

"Deep, vibrant colour; the bouquet is very expressive, speaking of a legion of black fruits, licorice, plum and spice, none of which prepare you for the sheer power of this amazing wine and its untold depths."  James Halliday

RWT is typically inky and deep in colour, with sumptuous fruit sweetness, mouth-filling flavours, underlying spice, savoury nuances and chocolaty tannins. The wine is matured in new and seasoned French oak for around 12 to 15 months. The result is a wine that helps to redefine Barossa shiraz at the highest quality level.

The 2017 Penfolds RWT Shiraz is a 100% shiraz from premium vineyards in the Barossa Valley. The wine was matured for 15 months in French oak hogsheads (70% new and 30% 1-y.o.).

"Deep crimson. Intense elderberry, mulberry, liquorice and star anise aromas with toasty vanilla notes. Exuberant elderberry and blackberry fruits, chocolaty tannins and roasted chestnut, vanilla and ginger oak complexity. Finishes firm and inky with drying, almost sappy tannins. Elemental but still in balance. Peak drinking 2028 to 2040. 

Wine region map of South Australia

South Australia

South Australian is responsible for more than half the production of all Australian wine. It is home to more than 900 wineries across 18 wine regions. The regions are Adelaide Hills, Adelaide Plains, Barossa Valley, Clare Valley, Coonawarra, Currency Creek, Eden Valley, Kangaroo Island, Langhorne Creek, McLaren Vale, Mount Benson, Mount Gambier, Padthaway, Riverland, Robe, Southern Fleurieu, Southern Flinders Ranges and Wrattonbully.

Many of the well-known names in the South Australian wine industry established their first vineyards in the late 1830s and early 1840s. The first vines in McLaren Vale were planted at Reynella in 1839 and Penfold's established Magill Estate on the outskirts of Adelaide in 1844.

South Australia has a vast diversity in geography and climate which allows the State to be able to produce a range of grape varieties - from cool climate Riesling in the Clare and Eden Vallies to the big, full bodied Shiraz wines of the Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale. Two of Australia's best-known wines, Penfolds Grange and Henschke Hill of Grace, are produced here. There is much to discover in South Australia for the wine lover.