Penfolds St Henri Shiraz 1996
Rule of thumb is that you shouldn't touch a good-vintage St Henri until it turns ten - time to try this then. It's every bit as good as it promised as a young wine. Deceptive, fine tannin, leathered blueberries, a sense of earthy tobacco-like character and lovely, characteristic, fruity length. I thought that I would need to decant it but it drank well immediately on opening, and will drink well from now on, and for at least the next seven or eight years. 1996 is a great vintage of St Henri. Drink: 2006-2018. 94 points.
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