Penfolds, Magill Estate Shiraz

Penfolds, Magill Estate ShirazThe 2016 Shiraz Magill Estate aged in 100% new oak (70% French and 30% American), which has left its cedary, vanilla mark on the wine, but in a balanced, harmonious way. It's a full bodied wine, with big berry fruit and lavish oak, yet those components are wonderfully judged, coming together in a fine, elegant wine that showcases the brand's home estate in the Adelaide suburbs. With only 15 cases for the United States, it will be tough to track down.

with iodine notes and a lemony

13% merlot

cherry and licorice aromas complicated by cooler notes of tobacco leaf

tangerine oil and a range of saline-infused notes all run through the 2018

and touches of glycerine and graphite that are well-defined but persistently broody

The natural ripeness of the year amps up the Chardonnay flavors

rich and enveloping medium-bodied flavors still manage to be nicely precise while delivering solid if not exceptional depth and persistence on the bitter pit fruit-inflected finish

Mild reduction pushes the underlying fruit to the background but I doubt that it will persist

" remarked his son Jean-Jacques Dubourdieu

Sweet aromas of plum

pure and long with juicy

if not completely cleaned up to where the reduction was more of a nuance rather than dominating the ripe dark currant