Magill Estate Shiraz 2019
Penfolds
Magill Estate Shiraz 2019
Overview
Overview
The single-vineyard Magill Estate Shiraz is intrinsically linked to Penfolds beginnings. Sourced from the Magill vineyard on the edge of Adelaide’s eastern suburbs (just eight kilometres from the city’s CBD), fruit is crushed, fermented and matured on-site at the original winery, established in 1844. Magill Estate Shiraz, first produced in 1983, 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, yet crafted the original way: hand-picked, vinified in open fermenters and then basket pressed to complete fermentation in barrel.
| Varietal | Shiraz |
|---|---|
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Country | Australia |
| Volume | 750 mL |
| Closure | Cork |
| Alc/Vol | 14.5% |
| Peak Drinking | Now-2039 |
Awards and Accolades
Awards and Accolades
| 98 Points | Huon Hooke |
| 96 Points | Tyson Stelzer |
| 96 Points | Nick Stock, Jamessuckling.com |
| 96 Points | James Halliday |
| 95 Points | Josh Raynolds |
| 95 Points | Andrew Caillard |
| 94 Points | David Sly |
| 94 Points | Joe Czerwinsku, Robert Parkers Wine Advocate |
| 17.5 Points | Jancis Robinson |
| 17 Points | Matthew Jukes |
Huon Hooke
"Very deep, dense purple/red colour, with a powerful aniseed, mocha, licorice, black-fruit and bitumen bouquet. Exotic spices, coal-dust and tar. The palate is rich and fleshy, powerful and concentrated but without any hint of astringency. There is a delicious core of sweetly ripe berry fruit flavour, lush and decadent, then a wash of fine-grained, powdery tannins that maintains the impeccable balance and structure. A simply marvellous red wine." 98 Points
Tyson Stelzer
"The exotic spice and plump black fruits that typify the unique Adelaide suburban terroir that is Magill Estate leap from the glass and carry long and strong through a palate of grand stature and structural poise. It’s blacker than ever in mood, uniting liquorice straps, dark chocolate and coffee bean with a strong tannin frame engineered for the long-haul. Luscious and enduring, this is a grand take on Magill." 96 Points
Nick Stock
"A strikingly bold and rather expansive Magill, showing blueberry, blackberry, currant and spice aromas. There’s a wealth of ripe and rich dark plums and berries in the mouth and deeper, plum-pudding flavors, too. Long, mouth-filling and intense. Drink over the next decade." 96 Points
Taste Description
Taste Description
Nose
Smells like … Magill Shiraz!
Tell-tale lavender florals and subtle wafts of unmistakable Penfolds élevage – “more flinty than formic”!
Certainly convinces that what is poured is at the riper end of the Magill fruit spectrum – an energetic thrust of a boiled fruit cake richness.
Beneath this saturated propulsion - gravy notes with spices, and just a skerrick of distant oak.
Open ferments, basket pressing, and barrel ferment certainly have coalesced to escribe their aromatic Magill mark!
Flavours and Palate
Raspberry coulis, seed of plum/dark cherry and anise. Please excuse the chocolate penchant … but where to begin?
Chocolate fondue with crushed nuts.
Chocolate coated ginger.
Black Forest cake and ‘real’ Rocky Road with cherry.
“Italianesque” acidity and salivating tannins collude to deliver a mouth-watering finish. Endowed with a reminder of oak derived cola/vanillin/malt.
Viticulture Vintage & Winemaking
Viticulture Vintage & Winemaking
Vintage Conditions
Winter and spring rainfall were well below-average. The prevailing dry conditions coupled with above average temperatures over the same period resulted in early budburst. However, a cold spell in September slowed grapevine phenology significantly. This trend continued throughout the growing season with all major growth stages being at least one week later than usual. A hot and dry summer season followed with 25 days over 35°C (7 days over 40°C), which delayed veraison. Early February was unseasonably mild which gave the vines a chance to recover. Harvest by hand commenced approximately 7-10 days later than average, beginning on the 26th of February and was completed on the 28th February.
The Penfolds Team
Key to the success of Penfolds has been a lineage of visionary winemakers. There have only ever been four Chief Winemakers at the helm of Penfolds – Max Schubert, Don Ditter, John Duval and Peter Gago, each a custodian of a rich winemaking tradition that goes back for more than 170 years.
Our current Penfolds winemaking team has more than 100 years between them as Penfolds winemakers. They are constantly refining and improving their work, whilst honouring the winemaking techniques of their predecessors.