2019 RWT Barossa Valley Shiraz
Vintage reviews
RWT's aspired balance and restraint tussles with innate Barossa power and darkness.
Peter Gago, Penfolds chief winemaker
96/100
Longtime readers will know of my personal fondness for this wine, going back nearly to its first vintage, the 1997. That said, the 2019 RWT Shiraz Bin 798 continues this wine's impressive run, artfully combining hedonistic waves of mixed fruit with the balancing and structural effects of 18 months in French oak hogsheads (57% new, with the balance second-fill).
Dark chocolate and vanilla notes join blackberries and plums on the concentrated, full-bodied palate, picking up hints of coffee, black olives and licorice on the long, silky-textured finish. This should easily age up to two decades.
Joe Czerwinski, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, www.robertparker.com, July 2021
18/20
Jancis Robinson, www.jancisrobinson.com, July 2021
96/100
David Sly, Decanter, www.decanter.com, June 2021
96/100
Nick Stock, JamesSuckling.com, July 2021
93/100
Jeremy Oliver, www.jeremyoliver.com