2020 Penfolds Magill Estate Shiraz Adelaide – South Australia
G 92
Deep crimson. Attractive dark chocolate, mulberry, redcurrant, liquorice all sorts aromas with vanilla notes. Generously concentrated with ample blackberry, damson plum fruits, fine chalky-textured bittersweet tannins, some brambly notes and underlying savoury/ vanilla roasted chestnut/ hint coconut notes. Finishes firm and minerally with plentiful sweet fruit notes. Sweet, savoury and earthy. An important albeit awkward wine, based on remnant and historic vineyard land, first established in 1844. 15 months in French (30% new/ 40% one-year old) and American (30% one-year-old) oak hogsheads. Drink now to 2034. 14.5% alc 2020 Penfolds Bin 407 Cabernet Sauvignon South Australia G 92 Medium-deep crimson. Chinotto, blackcurrant, herb garden, sage aromas with some violet/ chinotto notes. Supple blackcurrant, herb flavours, fine slinky/ touch sinewy tannins and some savoury/ vanilla complexity. Builds up grippy/ sappy firm at the finish. A compact Cabernet style with very good density and vigour. Best to drink in the medium term. McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley, Coonawarra, Padthaway, Wrattonbully. 15 months in French (24%) American (12%) and seasoned oak hogsheads.
Drink now to 2030. 14.5% alc 2020 Penfolds Bin 128 Shiraz Coonawarra – South Australia
G 91
Medium-deep crimson. Intense pure blackberry, blackcurrant, graphite aromas with hints of vanilla/ herb garden. Inky and sweet fruited with plentiful pure dark and red fruits, fine slinky textures, lovely underlying vanilla/ roasted chestnut notes and fresh crisp acidity. Finishes slinky/ grippy with some roasted walnut, hint iodine/sappy notes. 12 months maturation in French oak hogsheads (20% new) Drink now to 2028. 14.5% alc
Penfolds Collection 2022
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