Penfolds Max's Shiraz Cabernet 14.5% 750ml

Penfolds Max's Shiraz Cabernet is a special wine that pays tribute to the former Chief Winemaker Max Schubert, who worked at Penfolds from 1948 to 1975. This wine has a deep plum core with a bright strawberry rim and notes of graphite and varnish. It offers a distinctive blue-fruited elegance and a delicious sweetness of cranberry. The aroma is a complex mix of vanilla sponge, cannoli creaminess, asphalt, wet slate, juniper, and pink peppercorn, with a hint of salinity, reminiscent of salted plum. The texture is cool and flowing, with spearmint tea and lavender adding to its complexity. On the palate, the graphite continues as a theme, accompanied by black olive tapenade, ylang-ylang, and powdery-style tannins that are tapered. All these flavors converge to a well-defined point, making this wine an exceptional tribute to Max Schubert and a memorable experience for wine lovers.