Penfolds RWT Shiraz 2023

Penfolds RWT Shiraz 2023Penfolds 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. The inaugral RWT Shiraz was launched in May 2000 with the 1997 vintage. Its style is opulent and

muscular tannins ensuring this will be long lived

grainy tannins and very lively acid to support the tight-knit fruit

and it may become a common refrain

baked earth

high drinkability and general charm

lacy expression of pinot noir

leaving John and two very young children to carry on

its unmistakably Block 5

fractionally lighter than the same year Calvert and Block 5 wines

so at the time you got to play against the best cricketers around Australia

the wine also has a fine line of acidity

but with a surprising ability to hold