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PENFOLDS Bin 28 Shiraz, South Australia 2020 Bottle
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PENFOLDS Bin 28 Shiraz, South Australia 2020 Bottle
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PENFOLDS Bin 28 Shiraz, South Australia
First made in 1959, Bin 28 was originally named after the famous Kalimna vineyard in the Barossa Valley purchased by Penfolds in 1945. Today, Bin 28 offers a showcase of warm-climate Australian shiraz – ripe, robust and generously flavoured. Classic berry fruits combine beautifully with mocha, chocolate, espresso flavours, mid-palate richness and juicy acidity.
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Expert Review
Andrew Caillard MW
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
95 points, The Vintage Journal Penfolds Collection 2022 (July 2022)
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Huon Hooke
Very deep, rich red-purple colour; reserved bouquet of black fruits and subtle tar, mocha, espresso coffee traces. Palate is full-bodied and rich, the tongue-coating tannins are very ample and persuasive but supple and balanced. A quite powerful Bin 28, and will live long and well. (McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley, Padthaway, Clare Valley)
95 points, The Real Review (June 2022)
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Erin Larkin
The Barossa has the ability to convey a sense of place, dirt and air in the glass. The trick is to not get in the way—a cooper does not terroir make. Despite not being the dominant region in this blend (for specificity: McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley, Padthaway and Clare Valley), the Barossa makes a potent contribution. Here, in the 2020 Bin 28 Kalimna Shiraz, the concentrated, dry and warm vintage is on show and provides a splay of earthy, dense fruit, stretched over a framework of savory tannin. Despite Penfolds's reputation for big tannins/big oak, the fruit here overpowers both and streams out over the long finish. The heart of Barossa is here. Very good. Will get better.
94+ points, Wine Advocate (July 2022)
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Tony Love
Originally known as Kalimna Shiraz after the Barossa vineyard it was sourced from, now we have four SA regions in play without the Kalimna name attached. You couldn’t taste a more classic Penfolds shiraz than this with all its rich, dark, ripe fruit inside a subtle wrap of American oak that adds familiar chocolate and spice notes to the palate. There’s cola too, then some crumbled earthiness, while fruit acidity remains lively and the textural tannin profile friendly and welcoming. Value is most attractive as well.
94 points, Wine Pilot (July 2022)
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James Suckling
A homage to warmer-region, South Australian shiraz, this has a rich and smooth delivery of ripe blackberries and red-to-dark plums on the nose. The wine has taken its 12 months in American oak (16% new) well and truly in its stride. Plush and suave mouth-feel here, this is effortless and a style that sits right in the Penfolds sweet spot. A blend of McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley, Padthaway and Clare Valley. Drink or hold. Screw cap.
93 points, JamesSuckling.com (July 2022)
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Campbell Mattinson
Chocolate into plum, mocha into black cherry, a tip into darker, more blackberried territory. Tannin here gives the wine a seriousness; a presence beyond the usual. Again this isn’t a heralded vintage but again this is on song or better. A touch boozy on the finish perhaps but nicely done all around.
92 points, The Wine Front (July 2022)
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Jeni Port
Not to be confused with Bin 128 which hails from Coonawarra, Bin 28 is the new name for what was once labelled Kalimna shiraz. The changed name goes with the decision to no longer concentrate on the Kalimna sub-region of the Barossa as a grape source but to make a multi-regional shiraz. The 2020 is sourced from McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley, Padthaway and Clare Valley. The idea is to explore a warm-hearted Aussie shiraz. Heatwave conditions in the lead-up to vintage and a generous ripeness (14.5% alcohol) achieve that objective easily. Good intensity, drive and rich in all the warmer characters we expect from South Australian shiraz with delicious blackberry, stewed plums, briar, cocoa, dark chocolate, anise and a smoky savoury thread that adds a touch of complexity. There’s a quiet opulence here, but then the mood switches for a finish that is unusually tight with an American oak tannin dryness/astringency that leaves the mouth wondering what that was all about.
91 points, Wine Pilot (July 2022)
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Angus Hughson
A ripe, plush and generous expression of 2020 South Australian Shiraz made with fruit from McLaren Vale, Barossa, Padthaway and Clare Valley. Sweet fruit pastille, licorice and dried spice aromas are attractively intertwined with a good dose of sweet American oak. Compact and muscular, punchy and powerful flavours follow. The chewy tannins are currently tightly wound throughout an extended finish suggesting this vintage of Bin 28 needs a little time to flower.
90 points, Vinous (July 2022)
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Jancis Robinson MW
Fruit from McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley, Padthaway, Clare Valley. 12 months in American (16% new) oak hogsheads. TA 6.8 g/l, pH 3.59.
Purpler than Bin 128. Minty nose with a rich undertow. Lightly porty but saved by a long, dry finish. Serious and structured. 14.5%
16.5+ points, JancisRobinson.com (July 2022)
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Tyson Stelzer
Peter Gago is rightfully circumspect about the 2020 vintage in South Australia. Ripe, spicy berry fruits and milk chocolate oak juxtapose firm, fine tannins, without the lift, definition, persistence, polish or distinction of the great Bin 28s of yesteryear.
90 points (July 2022)
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.
