Out Of The Bottle
With David Ellis 2007 RWT Barossa Valley Shiraz & 2007 Magill Estate ShirazA
neighbour with a penchant for only the best when it comes to his
cellar, was musing the other day that should he suddenly win $10,000 in
the lottery (or even less likely on the gee-gees,) he’d go out and buy
for six of his closest mates a bottle each of Penfolds’ just-released
2010 Luxury and Icon wines.
And another set of the seven wines
for himself. “With their longevity, for the next fourteen years, every
second Spring we would gather with our partners around a very special
dining table, each of us donating one of our bottles to the occasion
could you imagine a more-heavenly indulgence?”
We quickly of
course reminded him of our long years of friendship in the fond hope of
becoming one of his beneficiaries – and to our surprise he arrived at
our home a few days later for a long-arranged lunch, and armed with one
of the Luxury Range: the absolutely awesome 2007 RWT Barossa Valley
Shiraz.
It made what was to have been a simple prime rib on the
barbecue a meal from that heaven that my neighbour had earlier mused
about. Created from a Barossa drought year that gave Chief Winemaker
Peter Gago and his team fruit of great flavour intensity, it proved a
wine as close in flavour as you could get to the liquid equivalent of a
slice of Blackforest fruit cake.
Currently selling for $174.99
it will only increase in value as good drinking is assured over the
next twenty years; others, by the way, in the 2010 Penfolds Luxury
Range include the 2006 St Henri Shiraz ($89.99,) 2007 Bin 707 Cabernet
Sauvignon ($189.99), 2007 Magill Estate Shiraz ($114.99*) and the 2008
Bin 08A Chardonnay ($89.99.)
If you are serious about wine, do
yourself a favour and invest in at least a few of these - and also the
2010 Penfolds Icon 2010 releases as well: the 2005 Grange at $549 and
the 2007 Yattarna Chardonnay ($129.99.*)
* These two wines available from Penfolds Cellar Doors only.
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