2019 Penfolds Bin 169 Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon Coonawarra, South Australia
G 95
Deep colour. Wax polish, dark chocolate, blackcurrant, roasted chestnut hint tobacco leaf aromas. Supple and concentrated with plentiful pure blackcurrant, blackberry, mulberry and some dark chocolate chinotto fruits, fine slinky grainy textures, pronounced vanilla/ roasted chestnut notes and persistent fresh juicy acidity. A high- pitched structure, but the elements should fold into each other with some bottle age. It should be worth the wait. A classic claret style. 17 months in French oak (56% new, 44% one-year-old) oak hogsheads. Drink 2024–2040. 14.5% alc 2020 Penfolds Bin 28 Shiraz South Australia G 95 Medium-deep crimson. Classic dark chocolate espresso dark berry aromas with malty/ liquorice notes. Lovely choco-berry fruits, some cola/ chinotto/ roasted coffee notes, fine supple loose-knit grainy tannins, very good mid-palate density and underlying savoury complexity. Finishes velvety firm and minerally. Very Penfoldsian with lovely intensity, chocolaty richness and energy. Where less can be more. McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley, Padthaway and Clare Valley. 12 months maturation in American oak (16% new) hogsheads. Drink now to 2034. 14.5% alc 2021 Penfolds Bin 311 Chardonnay Adelaide Hills, South Australia & Tasmania G 95 Pale colour. Very expressive lime, grapefruit aromas with flinty, tonic water notes. Generously flavoured palate with plentiful lime squash, grapefruit notes, fine slinky textures, lovely mid-palate creaminess, underlying toasty complexity and long fresh quartz-like acidity. Superb mineral length. Very much in the idiom of a Premier Cru. Delicious drinking. 66% of the blend is aged for nine months in new (38%) and seasoned one-year-old (28%) oak. Drink now to 2028. 12.5% alc 2022 Penfolds Bin 51 Riesling, Eden Valley, Barossa Eden Valley, South Australia G 95 Pale colour. Pure camomile, verbena, lime, lemon curd aromas with hint yeasty notes. Well composed wine with classical pure round lemon, lime flavours, fine lacy textures and fine crystalline acidity. Finishes long and minerally. Bittersweet notes give lovely vinosity. Very good volume despite the moderate to low alcohol. Drink now to 2030. 11.5% alc 2021 Penfolds Bin 23 Pinot Noir Tasmania G 94 Medium-deep crimson. Lovely pure strawberry, red cherry aromas with vanilla, herb notes. Buoyant, generous and supple with dense strawberry, red cherry, hint sappy fruits, fine chalky textures, very good mid-palate density/ viscosity and underlying roasted walnut, hint vanilla notes. Finishes chalky with ample red fruits. The quality of the Tasmanian fruit shines through. Very good amplitude and freshness. A brilliant new direction for Bin 23. Best to drink early to enjoy the primary fruit expression, but it has the density and balance to keep for a while. Eight months in French oak barriques (40% new). Drink now to 2027. 13.5% alc
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