Penfolds Bin 28 offers a showcase of warm-climate Australian Shiraz – ripe, robust and generously flavoured. First made in 1959, Bin 28 is named after the famous Barossa Valley Kalimna Vineyard purchased by Penfolds in 1945 and from which the wine was originally sourced. Today, Bin 28 is a multi-region, multi-vineyard blend, with the Barossa Valley always well represented. It provides a substantial proportion of the fruit for this vintage.
Color: Deep, black-cherry red.
Nose: In a word, Shiraz. Style? Unhesitant, warm(er)-climate. Generous, distinctive. An initial lift of coffee grind, mocha/malt and spice sequentially volatilize, consorting to form an initial aromatic wave. Then, ascending elements of dark chocolate, black licorice, European dark-berry fruit salad with an emphasis on the dark/black! No new oak? Not part of the Bin 28 mindset. Yet so much more lies beneath...
Palate: Full-bodied and multi-dimensional. An assortment of flavors, including blackcurrant, dates, beef and stout pie, dried fig. Expansive – length, depth and weight.. reverberating with amplitude and attitude!
Mid-palate fruit sweetness, aligned with solid/firm tannins, culminating in a long, lingering finish.
