Penfolds Magill Estate Shiraz 2019
- 94
- $150
- Drink by: 2021 - 2030
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Deepest purple in hue. Beetroot, earth, violet, black berries, touch of panforte open the wine. Penfolds winemakers admit the 2019 is at the riper end of the Magill spectrum with an alcohol of 14.5%, however, it must be said, that generosity suits the style. The lean-ness of the past could be confronting in some years. Which is not to suggest that the Magill structure of old is missing, it’s just the bones are better covered, fleshed out, this time around. Plums, dark cherry, a fresh-cut raspberry fruitiness moves in line with plenty of spice and chocolate. It plays out against a warm, textural background, aided and abetted by supple tannins and well-judged oak. Love the lift of sweet shiraz fruit towards the finish and the depth of promise that lies at the heart of this wine.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
