| Parkhill Cellars Penfold Special Bin Dinner (10/8/04) - purplish red, black and opaque in the middle, and tight with almost no rim. Nose: floral, violets, plummy shiraz fruit, relatively closed (compared to the others). On the palate, intense, concentrated and well balanced fruit, tannins and vanillin oak. Loads of ripe plums, red berries, chocolate, and savoury, spicy oak. Chunky, well structured, okay to drink now, but this wine has quite a fair way to go in terms of development. (Wine #14, mystery wine: Guessed everything but the region. It is a McLaren Vale shiraz instead of a Heathcote shiraz). |
