Lot : 0033

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Cellared

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James Suckling - 98 points

“really fantastic, with blackcurrants, blackberries, dark tobacco and cassis bush... Plush texture, yet it's focused, framed, bright and vivid.”

Ray Jordan - 97 points

“pure essence of Coonawarra cabernet” that is “powerful yet elegantly structured with of great poise and style.”

97 Pts - Halliday Wine Companion

Winery Tasting Notes

COLOUR: Lustrous cherry red with a dark magenta core.

NOSE: Youthful. Initially reticent. An aromatic uplift of pan scrapings laced with thyme/pink peppercorn/marjoram. The reds have it: primarily red fruits — cranberry, red cherry and pomegranate; aided and abetted by red liquorice, musk/Turkish delight. Scents of graphite, black olive (and cassis?) immediately remind of both variety and place. Well-handled oak is barely perceptible (83% new ?!) — the faintest suggestion of sandalwood/teakwood. With air and time more unfolds…

PALATE: Medium-bodied, tight. Very young — primal and fresh. What’s most noted aromatically on the nose reappears on palate — redcurrant, mulberry leaf, fig, fleshy blood plum. Not unexpectedly, more telltale Cabernet-correct graphite/lead pencil notes evident on palate.

The do’s and don’ts of this Bin 169

Its disposition is fine, focussed and linear. It’s not broad, open, forward.
Its flavours are often akin to the savoury — subtle lamb (agneau rôti) juices/fat. It’s not too overt or showy.
Its tannins are fine and chalky confirming its genesis — Coonawarra red dirt, coating the palate. It’s not phenolically aggressive or chewy.
Its oak has more of a structural impact. It’s not about adding hybrid flavours or masking fruit.
Its age (and track record) mandates the potential to further evolve greater complexities. It’s not about the here and now.
Its tension — an interplay of bright acidity and tannins, inducing definition/tightness. It’s not simply a loose knit, Cabernet flavoured red wine.

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Gold

Halliday Wine Companion

Winery Profile

Australia's winemaking history of less than two hundred years is brief by European measures though, like Europe, punctuated by periods of extreme success and difficult times. From the earliest winemaking days Penfolds has figured prominently and few would argue the importance of Penfolds' influence on Australia's winemaking psyche.

Without the influence of Penfolds the modern Australian wine industry would look very different indeed. Sitting comfortably outside of fad and fashion, Penfolds has taken Australian wine to the world on a grand stage and forged a reputation for quality that is without peer.

Penfolds' reputation for making wines of provenance and cellaring potential might suggest a mantle of tradition and formality is the preferred attire of a company with so much history to defend. But to label Penfolds as simply an established and conventional winemaker, would be to confuse tradition with consideration and to overlook the innovative spirit that has driven Penfolds since its foundation, and continues to find expression in modern times.

If there is anything traditional about Penfolds, it is the practice of constantly reviewing the wines it already does well, and continuously evolving and refining styles as vineyards mature and access to ever older and more varied vineyard sites improves.

View Penfolds website

Other Information

2022 vintage
1 x 750mL unit
SA - Coonawarra, South Australia
Cork closure
14.5% alc.

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