2021 Penfolds Bin 28 Kalimna Shiraz, South Australia (750ml) GLWS

WINEMAKER’S NOTES:

The 2021 vintage is benchmark Bin 28 – full-bodied, rich and generous. Explore mocha, chocolate, espresso flavours, mid-palate richness and juicy acidity. Approachable now, but with the capacity to cellar for 30 years.

TASTING NOTES:

This inky-hued Shiraz is dense, ripe and powerful with quite a bit of oak on display. Chocolate and dusting polish perch atop the concentrated dark fruit and pepper spice on the nose. The palate is rich and luscious, framed in muscular tannins that support, rather than overpower.

– Wine Enthusiast, 93 pts. 

The 2021 Bin 28 Shiraz hails from five regions: McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley, Padthaway, Wrattonbully and Clare Valley. The wine matured for 12 months in American oak (7% new), and this really amplifies the sweet fruit characters in the mouth. It’s already nicely integrated aromatically, despite being poured and opened in the same instance (i.e., no preparation prior to tasting), and is redolent with red and purple berry fruit. Spicy, full throttle and loads of tannin in the mouth. Nicely chewy. The first vintage of this wine was in 1959.

– Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate, 92 pts. 

The type of full-weighted Australian shiraz that many expect. While it could be argued that that the style is a bit fusty, what cannot be denied is the moreish feel. Iodine, clove and boysenberry billow toward a nourishing and forceful finish and the reality is that this cuvee, as with so many in the stable, is reliable and delicious. Sure, the oak is a bit fuzzy, but there is plenty to like.

– James Suckling, 92 pts.