New Penfolds alert! Celebrating 180 years

As far as Aussie wines go, you’d be hard-pressed to find a more iconic, more legendary, more world-renowned label than Penfolds. This South Australian producer has been setting the bar high for exactly 180 years (happy birthday, Penfolds!), and in our opinion – and most wine folk – is the poster child of Aussie innovation and hard work. So, it’s only fitting to toast Penfolds with… a glass of Penfolds! If you’re feeling fancy and have a grand to spare, you could go for Grange (read more about this famed red wine here). Otherwise, any of the other top releases in this year’s Penfolds Collection will hit the spot perfectly. 

If you really want to celebrate their 180th birthday in style, Penfolds, in true hard-yakka fashion, has released a very special wine (and by ‘very special’ we mean jereboam-for-$18K special) – the limited-edition Bin 180 Cabernet Shiraz. Available in 750ml bottles or three-litre jereboams enclosed in a custom-made case, this pinnacle red blend showcases the very best Coonawarra fruit from the 2021 vintage, resulting in a deliciously complex expression of the region. It’s available alongside other knockout Penfolds wines, including the Bin 128 Shiraz 2022, Bin 407 Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 and the Yattarna Chardonnay 2022, to name just a few. 

It’s safe to say the 2024 Penfolds Collection is made up of exceptional wines – for your cellar, Saturday dinner party, Tuesday steak night, or whenever. So, if you can’t quite justify buying those three litres of liquid gold, we’ve rounded up some other brilliant drops that won’t all break the bank. Without further ado, let us introduce you to five of the bright shiny stars of this year’s releases.