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Magill Estate Shiraz - 1998 - Penfolds Wines
Ref: A204398
This complex array of aromas carries seamlessly on to the palate, which is chewy and richly textured and has fine,
powdery tannins. Despite - or perhaps because of - its origins in a single vineyard, the wine is already 'complete'
and integrated. A fine, distinctive expression of this vineyard.

1998 was an outstanding vintage that began late due to cool spring weather, although conditions were generally frost and disease-free. Warm summer weather led to an early vintage, with excellent fruit quality.

Magill Estate Shiraz is Penfolds' only single-vineyard wine. It is of great symbolic importance because it is the only wine grown and made on the remaining 5 ha of the original Penfolds property at Magill, in Adelaide's eastern suburbs.
First made in 1983, Penfolds Magill Estate Shiraz is an elegant, medium-weight style with velvety texture and fine tannins, matured in both French and American oak. It is a sleek, contemporary wine, but crafted in the old-fashioned way in a 120-year-old winery: hand-picked, basket-pressed and made in open fermenters.

Along with 1996, 1990 and 1986, 1998 is among the best vintages of the past two decades.

Penfolds has been producing remarkable wines for almost 150 years and indisputably lead the development of Australian fine wine in the modern era. The introduction of Penfolds Grange Hermitage in 1951 forever changed the landscape of Australian fine wine, since then a series of standout wines - both red and white - have been released under the Penfolds masthead.

Price: £32.74
Including VAT at 17.5%

Qty:

Australia (South Australia)	1998	Full Bodied
Syrah/Shiraz	Red	Beef/Lamb
Penfolds Wines	Medium	Drink or keep

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