Penfolds St Henri Shiraz 2014 (Gift Box)

Penfolds St Henri Shiraz 2014 (Gift Box)Penfolds Rewards of Patience tasting panel 2021 5 5 rating St Henri is a time honoured and alternative expression of Shiraz, and an intriguing counterpoint to Grange. It is unusual among high quality Australian red wines as it does not rely on any new oak. Released for the first time by Penfolds in the early 1950s (first commercial vintage 1957), it gained a new lease of life in the 1990s as its quality and distinctive style became better understood.

would be more attractive and easier to drink in their youth

I'd wait for a few years

this is a stratospherically priced wine that few of us can possibly afford

It's complex but not complicated

making it the first high-density planting of its kind in Margaret River

What I love about how 2016 Grange deploys its flavours is that it does it with so much grace and control for such a commanding wine

richness and torque

Halliday Wine Companion Best Chardonnay of 2021

lovely mid-palate buoyancy and mocha

Prior to the completion of the winery

cultivation and irrigation wherever possible

that are clustered around the village of Martinborough