Penfolds

Bin 28 Shiraz 2024 750mL

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  Vintage 2024
  93 points

A classic, textbook Australian Shiraz that leaps from the glass with immense personality. Boasting a dense, brooding crimson-purple profile, it opens with a lavish bouquet of roasted coffee bean, warm brioche, blackberry jam, and rich coconut mocha. The palate is spectacularly mouth-filling and indulgent, packed with an abundance of sweet, glossy plum fruit, dark chocolate, and festive Christmas cake spices. Framed by robust, yet highly polished tannins, it delivers magnificent volume and warmth, culminating in a signature 'cherry ripe' finish that will reward 5–10 years of patient cellaring.

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  Vintage 2024
  95 points

The fruit is sourced from McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley, Padthaway, Clare Valley and the Fleurieu. Maturation is for a year in American oak hogsheads, 9% of them new. For me, this must surely sit amongst the very best of the series. Opaque maroon with a gleaming dark crimson rim, there is generosity here. On the nose, we have notes of plums, chocolate, blackberries, coffee grinds, hints of blueberries (actually, something more reminiscent of blueberry ice cream), freshly unearthed beetroot and exemplary oak integration giving hints of vanilla. The structure is seamless and finely balanced, with such an appealing creamy texture. There is excellent length here and fine, if ever-so-slightly-silty tannins. A line of crunchy acidity provides the freshness and energy, and this should drink very well over the next fifteen to twenty-five years. Definitely one the best from the series - Ken Gargett