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1998 Penfolds Shiraz St Henri Syrah
Syrah: 750ml
$42.99
points awarded:
ST 90 WE 90 WS 9088 points,
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, October 2002
The 1998 Shiraz St. Henri is a delicious dark ruby-colored effort with a sweet nose of jammy black fruits intermixed with herbs, earth, and pepper. Perfumed, medium-bodied, and succulent...
90 points,
Stephen Tanzer's IWC, August 2002
($40) Deep, dark red with a ruby edge. Heady, brambly aromas of concentrated dark cherry, cassis, black plum, chocolate, leather and asphalt, all brightened and lifted by a scent of fresh violet. Fleshy and sumptuous, with lively, very intense flavors of spicy, sour-edged dark berry and plum fruit. Savory, almost salty finish features firm, powdery tannins. For the long term. 90 points
90 points,
Wine Enthusiast, September 2002
Put big, rich fruit in a tightly wound package without new oak influence... Blackberries, black pepper, earth, spice and leather provide plenty of complexity without any oak embellishment
90 points,
Wine Spectator, August 2002
A serious red, crisp in texture, brightly ripe in flavor, tightly packed with blackberry, plum and a spicy mineral note that weaves through the firm finish. This has plenty of depth...

