2011 St. Henri Shiraz
Vintage reviews
Stylistically, quite possibly the Penfolds red of the 2011 vintage …
Superior to the 2009 St Henri? Let's wait a decade or two to confirm. Early days…
Peter Gago, Penfolds chief winemaker
90+/100
Made with fruit sourced from McLaren Vale, Barossa and Adelaide Hills and aged 12 months in large, old oak barrels.
The deep garnet-purple colored 2011 St. Henri Shiraz puts forward quite a peppery, meaty and earthy nose enveloping a good core of fresh cassis, mulberries and warm plums plus a touch of cinnamon.
A little earthy, lean and woody in the mouth and framed by medium levels of chewy tannin, it is still tight though finishes long.
This was a tough vintage compared to 2010 and it shows in this wine.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown, www.erobertparker.com, October 2014
88/100
Harvey Steiman, www.winespectator.com, December 2015