Immediately spicy and complex, this has a rich blackberry and dark-plum nose, together with dark-chocolate and tarry, earthy elements. The palate has a very rich, fleshy feel with such ripe dark-plum, dark-chocolate, blackberry and mulberry flavors on offer. Generous, yet balanced. JS
A great St. Henri and, although multi-regional, this is very much a wine that speaks of the Barossa Valley, with aromas of ripe blackberries and red plums that are so fresh, together with tobacco, young-leather, earth, chocolate, coal-smoke and tarry accents. Effortless depth on the palate with summer berries, framed in fine, alabaster-like tannins that are underscored with discreet power. So long and captivating. JS
$ 629
Penfolds St Henri Shiraz 2020 (No Gift Box)
RP
93
JH
96
JS
94
Crimson with pure notes of plum compote, cherry clafoutis, roasting meats, earth, spice, ironstone, mocha, pan juices and the fainest wisp of wintergreen. It's such a comforting wine, with its unobstructed view of fruit and vintage, finishing savoury with powdery tannin grip and a dusting of cocoa powder and coal dust. Lovely stuff. JH
$ 629
Penfolds St Henri Shiraz 2020 (With Giftbox)
RP
93
WS
95
JH
96
JS
94
Stunning for its intensity and appealing for its density and purity of fruit flavors, this red features huckleberry, marionberry and wild blackberry notes at the core, with details of salted black licorice, toasted cumin, bittersweet chocolate and gingerbread, backed by perfumed notes of violet and lavender that linger on the finish, where the tannins have an appealing grip. WS