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PENFOLDS Bin 150 Marananga Shiraz, Barossa Valley 2013 Bottle
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Expert Review
James Halliday
I've been a believer in the exceptional quality and style of this wine from the first vintage, and this simply builds on that belief. Spends 12 months in an oak cocktail of new and used French and American oak (50/50%), and is a powerful testimony to the generations of knowledge accumulated by the Penfolds team guiding the positive use of oak without in any way diminishing the fruit. The allure of the bouquet is immediate, as is the deliciously grainy texture of the mouthfeel, and the almost decadent well of black fruit flavours.
96 points, James Halliday (September 2015)
Expert Review
Bob Campbell MW
An inky Shiraz with dense, power-packed fruit that gives the impression of old vine material. Massive wine that is nonetheless well-proportioned balancing very ripe fruit with fine, ripe tannins. Chocolate/mocha, plum, new leather and lashings of oak are evident now, but if you are prepared to wait the wine will deliver much, much more if the cork doesn't let it down. It has a long and very grippy finish. I really want to taste this wine in another 10 years.
95 points, Bob Campbell MW (January 2016)
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Campbell Mattinson
This is a black brooding beast. It’s a good wine to sit on and mull over through the course of an evening. It fires blackberry, liquorice, saltbush and ground coffee flavours/aromas at you, a substantial rake of dry, earthen tannin pulling through the back half. I can’t see any lover of Barossa shiraz being disappointed in this wine; it’s rich and generous but with the structure to age.
94 points, Campbell Mattinson (October 2015)
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Huon Hooke
Deep, dark red colour with a good purple tinge. The nose is smoky and oak-kissed: a rather raunchy, rustic sort of red with strong, hessian-like tannins and firm grip. A dense, heavily-built, rather rugged shiraz that needs time and will certainly reward the patient. A big wave of tannins rides in on the finish. Cellar!
93 points, Huon Hooke (August 2015)
Penfolds
Penfolds is one of the world’s most celebrated winemakers with an enviable reputation for quality at every price level. Christopher Rawson Penfold began it all in 1844. A doctor, with an eye for medicinal winemaking, he and his wife, Mary sought a new life in Australia with a vine cutting and a bold vision. The family purchased Magill, now a suburb of Adelaide, and set about inventing tonics, brandies, and fortified wines made from grapes and Australian sunshine. The Penfolds House Style emerged from this craft of fortified wine production and blending.
The success of Penfolds has been driven by a lineage of visionary winemakers who pushed innovation to bold new heights. Max Schubert, the creator of Penfolds Grange, Dr Ray Beckwith and their team pioneered: major advances in yeast technology and paper chromatography; the understanding and use of pH in controlling bacterial spoilage; the use of headed down/submerged cap fermentation and the technique of rack and return; cold fermentation practices; the use of American oak as a maturation vessel and perhaps most critically, partial barrel fermentation. The use of American oak and barrel fermentation is considered traditional Barossa winemaking practice, in large part due to the work of Penfolds.
Today, the art of blending remains integral to the Penfolds House Style - a unique combination of highly defined fruit aromas, ripe tannins, richness, power and concentration. The most powerful expression of this is the flagship, Grange, now recognised as one of the most consistent of the world’s great wines. Similarly, Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz, first released in 1960, is now considered the quintessential Australian wine blend. Improved vineyard management, site selection and winemaking brought about the subsequent releases of Penfolds wines such as Bin 707 and Bin 407 Cabernet Sauvignon – both highly acclaimed and collected wines to this day.
The Penfolds Philosophy is the accumulation of nearly 180 years of shared knowledge and continual refinement. This began with Dr Christopher and Mary Penfold, continued with Max Schubert, Ray Beckwith and generations of Penfolds winemakers leading to the current winemaking team, led by Peter Gago. Their commitment to constantly improving their work, whilst honouring the winemaking techniques of their predecessors, contributes to the consistency of style and quality that Penfolds is known for around the world.
