Penfolds St Henri Shiraz 2002 Thursday, May 18 2006
Tasting Notes and Australia and Barossa Valley and Variety and Red and shiraz et al
An enchanting nose: sweet fruits, singing and dancing, red plums and red cherries, lovely warm earthy spices, like cinnamon and five-spice. The palate shows savoury fruits, ripe, grippy fruit tannins, white milk chocolate, but all nicely balanced. This is a classic Australian wine and is quite drinkable now, but you would probably be best to give the strong fruit tannins some time to resolve, and some complexity to develop.
Rated : 92 Points
Tasted : May06
Alcohol : 14.5%
Price : $60
Closure : Cork
Drink : 2012 - 2022
Source : Cellar Door
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5 Responses to “Penfolds St Henri Shiraz 2002”
May 19th, 2006 at 10:52 am
Lincoln,
I was hoping that a note on the St Henri ‘02 was going to come up, as I bought a 6 pack on spec. No sooner had they arrived, but I read quite a few reviews which were less than complimentary. This really seems to have polarised people.
Judging by your note, this seems to have the fruit power and tannin structure to last a few years. I look forward to trying one.
Brent.
May 19th, 2006 at 1:58 pm
With the excellent fruit available from the warmer regions in Sth Australia in 2002, you’d reckon it has to be very good.
I’d expect it will be one of the better ones personally,and I very much doubt your buy will be regretted Brent.
May 22nd, 2006 at 2:01 am
It’s a top wine. Just beautiful. No need for concern at all.
Campbell.
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May 28th, 2006 at 3:19 pm
Too right. This is a beauty. I’ll put in my one Pennies worth later on in the week.
GW
July 1st, 2008 at 2:33 am
it’s one of the australia’s best wine, in my opinion even better than the Mitolo savitar, worth every single cents