Penfolds

Bin A Chardonnay 2014

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  Vintage 2014
  97 points www.winecompanion.com.au

Handpicked and pressed straight to French barriques (82% new) for wild fermentation and 9 months maturation. The impact of the bouquet is immediate and multifaceted, with a perfectly judged touch of struck match/flint. The palate takes the wine onto another plane altogether, with imperious drive and tenacity to its unsweetened grapefruit and white peach flavours.

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  Vintage 2014
  96 points www.tysonstelzer.com

Any reservations Penfolds Senior White Winemaker Kym Schroeter has of 2014 in Tumbarumba he certainly doesn't hold for the Adelaide Hills, a season he ranks up with 2012 for its structure and longevity. This is a Bin A of body, concentration and grand persistence, declaring fermentation and nine months maturation in 82% new 225L barriques in layers of toasty, nutty complexity. All the grand charisma of Bin A weaves seamlessly amidst a vector of impeccable white peach and grapefruit of exacting focus and drive, drawing into an impeccably honed tail that lingers very long.