In Bond Fine Wine. 2009 Penfolds RWT, Bin 798 Shiraz, South Australia, Australia. Red australia - red in 6x75cl. Top critic score: 92/100 (NM). Drinking window: 2014–2028. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
Founded in 1844, Penfolds is one of Australia’s most historic and internationally recognised wine estates, renowned for producing powerful yet long-lived wines sourced from some of the country’s finest vineyards. The estate’s flagship Grange, first created by legendary winemaker Max Schubert in the 1950s, has become one of the world’s most collectible wines and a defining icon of Australian fine wine. Predominantly Shiraz, often with a small portion of Cabernet Sauvignon, Grange is matured in American oak and combines extraordinary concentration with remarkable balance and longevity.
Neal Martin (NM) — 92/100 · Wine Journal, RobertParker.com, 2012-09-30 · Drink 2014-2028
Tasted at the “Rewards of Patience” vertical in Berlin. The 2009 RWT has a ravishing, opulent bouquet that even at this early stage, demonstrates a little more delineation than the 2008. It is very pure, perhaps a little alcoholic, but complex with dark plum, blueberry and kirsch aromas with exotic fruit, apricot and mango in the background. The palate is full-bodied with and corpulent. The acidi…
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW (LPB) — 90/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 01/10/2015 · Drink 2015-2019
Medium-deep garnet purple in color, the 2009 RWT Shiraz opens to youthful nose of plum preserves and blackberry tart with undertones of black earth, pepper plus hints of tar and cedar. It is a little hollow and hard on the palate and finished a bit clipped.