Penfolds Bin 150 Marananga Shiraz 2023
G 97+
Deep crimson. Elemental elderberry, blackberry, black cherry mocha/ roasted chestnut aromas. Beautiful concentrated and lithe with inky, elderberry, blackberry pastille flavours, fine slinky textures and underlying dark chocolate, espresso notes. Builds up grippy firm at the finish with ironstone/ ferruginous notes. Lovely density and flow. A standout success for the vintage. Drink now–2040 Eisenstone X11 Hoffmann Dallwitz Vineyard Shiraz 2022 G 97 Medium-deep crimson. Pure dark cherry, blackberry pastille aromas with espresso, grilled nut, flinty notes. Inky and smooth with pure ripe dark cherry, blackberry pastille flavours, fine velvety tannins and well- integrated mocha, roasted coffee notes. Finishes Claret-firm with flinty, chinotto nuances. Beautifully balanced and resonating Barossa Shiraz. Drink now–2042 Elderton Command Shiraz 2022 G 97 Medium-deep crimson. Intense blackberry. Mocha spice aromas with hints of wax polish and marzipan. Supple and evolved blackberry, spice, mocha, espresso flavours, lovely mid-palate richness and plentiful chalky/ touch ferruginious tannins. Some cedarwood, roasted chestnut notes at the finish. Very classical Drink now–2040 First Drop Wines The Cream Barossa Shiraz 2021 G 97 The team’s iconic red receives very similar oak treatment (twenty months in a mix of 50% new and 50% one-year-old French hogsheads) to the sub- regional offerings and again, 1200 bottles produced, under Diam. The regional blend for this wine is 40% Seppeltsfield, 35% Ebenezer and 25% Greenock. An opaque maroon hue, this is a superbly constructed wine, intense and yet always refined, while remaining immaculately balanced. The nose exhibits notes of bay leaves, black fruits, plums, chocolate, warm earth, mocha, aniseed, coffee beans and root vegetables. The oak is beautifully integrated and there is great length here. A triumph from a scintillating vintage. Drink now–2040
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