Penfolds, South Austraila, St. Henri, Shiraz 1980 California one damp stained label

one damp stained label

honeysuckle

powerful and intense flavors that possess excellent depth of material and flat out terrific complexity on the gorgeously long finish

black cherry and blueberry

dominated by sun-ripened strawberry and preserves

Penfolds, South Austraila, St. Henri, Shiraz 1980 California one damp stained labelVery top shoulder Lovers of mature Shiraz will find interest here. Recommend decanting off sediment and aeration of about an hour to see it fully awaken. It held up well over night after transfer to "half bottle" storage. The real education here for Americans is to even see the age curve of older Aussies as most of the imports didn't really hit our shores upon release of the 1994 Australian vintage. It would be equally difficult to find similarly aged