Penfolds RWT 2023
Barossa Valley
Australia, Australia
Regular price£510.00
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Arriving: Late 2025
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| Style: Red | Packaging: OWC |
| ABV: 14.5% | Closure: Cork |
| Organic: | Drink from: 2023 |
| Biodynamic: | Drink to: 2040 |
| Grapes: 100% Shiraz | |
Critic scores
95 RP, 97 JS, 94 JA, 94 DC, 18.5 MJ, 97 DB, 92 GM
Critic reviews
"The 2023 RWT Bin 798 hails from the Barossa Valley, and the wine expounds the virtues of the place there: earthy tannins, powerful and robust fruit and great length of flavor. There is elegance here, but it is couched within structure and thrust. Dryness in the form of cedar and sweetness in line with woody sandalwood back the fruit and form of the wine. It matured for 14 months in French oak hogsheads, 69% new. 14.5% alcohol, sealed under natural cork."
Erin Larkin, July 2025, RobertParker.com
"Polished and focused aromas of blackcurrants, crushed stones, blueberries, cedar, tobacco leaves and iodine. The palate is full-bodied with seamlessly integrated tannins and a silky mouthfeel that persists in a long, fragrant and deeply complex finish. Pure, refined and clear. Drink or hold."
James Suckling, July 2025, JamesSuckling.com
"A slightly more charged version of Shiraz than the St Henri, this has a bigger dollop of chocolate, salinity, blood orange, red earth, campfire, muscular tannins and a ton of spice. Great quality, with a beautiful lift through the finish. Tom King director, Peter Gago chief winemaker."
Jane Anson, July 2025, JaneAnson.com
"Even though this wine earned its Bin status with the 1997 vintage, the Red Winemaking Trial acronym has stuck. Always a generous, polished, modern take on Shiraz (and always matured in French oak hogsheads, here 69% new, for 14 months) in this tricky growing season it is more composed than its usual blockbuster style, thanks to a crunchy seam of acidity that gives real energy and focus. But RWT fans will still find those plush tannins and dense, chewy concentrated fruit core they love: black brambles, Turkish coffee, Black Forest gateau, steak seasoning and root beer sweetness. Time will soften the still quite present oak, and it will reward over the next two decades. "
Tina Gellie, June 2025, Decanter.com
Erin Larkin, July 2025, RobertParker.com
"Polished and focused aromas of blackcurrants, crushed stones, blueberries, cedar, tobacco leaves and iodine. The palate is full-bodied with seamlessly integrated tannins and a silky mouthfeel that persists in a long, fragrant and deeply complex finish. Pure, refined and clear. Drink or hold."
James Suckling, July 2025, JamesSuckling.com
"A slightly more charged version of Shiraz than the St Henri, this has a bigger dollop of chocolate, salinity, blood orange, red earth, campfire, muscular tannins and a ton of spice. Great quality, with a beautiful lift through the finish. Tom King director, Peter Gago chief winemaker."
Jane Anson, July 2025, JaneAnson.com
"Even though this wine earned its Bin status with the 1997 vintage, the Red Winemaking Trial acronym has stuck. Always a generous, polished, modern take on Shiraz (and always matured in French oak hogsheads, here 69% new, for 14 months) in this tricky growing season it is more composed than its usual blockbuster style, thanks to a crunchy seam of acidity that gives real energy and focus. But RWT fans will still find those plush tannins and dense, chewy concentrated fruit core they love: black brambles, Turkish coffee, Black Forest gateau, steak seasoning and root beer sweetness. Time will soften the still quite present oak, and it will reward over the next two decades. "
Tina Gellie, June 2025, Decanter.com