PENFOLDS RWT BAROSSA VALLEY SHIRAZ 750 ml

This is a strong vintage of RWT. It's austere, dense, still young but seamlessly layered, almost unnoticeably complex. The brambly blueberry and raspberry fruit is woven with plums, dried herbs, spices and florals, with a note of freshly sealed tarmac. The palate is silky and supple, tightened by a muscular line of chalky tannins with lifted acidity and densely packed flavour. A long-distance runner this should be held another few years until around 2026, then drunk for several decades.