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Penfolds Bin 128 Shiraz 2019
Coonawarra
Penfolds are experts at showcasing Australia’s top winemaking regions and Bin 128 focuses on fabled Coonawarra. It’s a superb, cool-climate Shiraz featuring the region’s distinct blackcurrant leaf aromas and waves of spicy fruit. Elegant and complex.
Beyond the Label
Tasting notes
Ripe plum, pomegranate, cherry, savoury notes, with a smooth finish
Aroma
Fresh redcurrant, mulberry, cracked black pepper and hints of vanilla
Allergy information
Contains sulphites
First created in 1962, Penfolds Bin 128 is a sublime, cool climate Shiraz. It’s no full-blooded Barossa Shiraz but a far more layered and structured expression of Australia’s favourite grape that reflects the unique climate of South Australia’s Coonawarra district. From the 1980 vintage onwards, Bin 128 has been aged in fine French oak to highlight the wine’s pepper, spice and floral characteristics. Now made under the watchful eye of gifted winemaker Peter Gago, it achieves greatness every vintage (especially in this excellent 2019), with the perfect balance of intense richness, ripe fruit freshness and depth. Trendsetting stuff from one of Australia’s oldest and most renowned wineries. Enjoy with a rack of lamb or stuffed field mushrooms.
Critic, 92 points
