Penfolds

Bin 2 Shiraz Mataro 2013

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  Vintage 2013
  93 points

Densely coloured, a nose that promises richness; full, dark flavours of black currant, charcuterie, black olive, licorice, cloves and influences of cranberry and roast tomato. Wrapped in smoothing oak. A wine with a dark, complex heart, showing carefully developed nuances that only extended cellaring can bring.

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  Vintage 2013
  92 points Halliday Wine Companion

86/14%, from Padthaway, McLaren Vale, Wrattonbully, Barossa Valley, Langhorne Creek and Robe, matured for 12 months in used French and American oak. The bouquet has all the charcuterie aromas in the book, the full-bodied palate dutifully following the course set by the bouquet, and adding plum cake and a dash of licorice; the tannins do their own work as well as that usually provided by Penfolds oak. A little rustic86/14%, from Padthaway, McLaren Vale, Wrattonbully, Barossa Valley, Langhorne Creek and Robe, matured for 12 months in used French and American oak. The bouquet has all the charcuterie aromas in the book, the full-bodied palate dutifully following the course set by the bouquet, and adding plum cake and a dash of licorice; the tannins do their own work as well as that usually provided by Penfolds oak. A little rustic? Yes, but happy in its own skin, and could spring a major surprise with age. Yes, but happy in its own skin, and could spring a major surprise with age.