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Kalimna Bin 28 Shiraz 1998

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Wine styleDry, Full Bodied style of Shiraz
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About this product

1998 is regarded as one of the great vintages in South Australia. The popular Bin 28 is a savoury supple and juicy wine full of ripe fruit flavours and subtle spice. Drinking well now but will still improve.
Taste profile
Full Bodied
Full Bodied
Full Bodied
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Full bodied red wines have a noticeably textural mouthfeel with bold, complex flavours. Often deeply coloured.
Dry
Dry
Dry
Dry
Dry
Dry
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Dry wines have no trace of sweetness at all.

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80% of reviewers would recommend this to a friend
Average customer rating: 3.6
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One of the fovorite purchases
Av21
25 April 2020
Throughly enjoyed this 1998 vintage. A very good find. Would definetely recommend.
I would recommend to a friend
Worth the wait
Xtr75
18 December 2011
This is a magnificent wine from a great year. I bought 5 bottles at the first release for $20, and enjoyed them all last year at various times. This is better than St Henri and Bin 389 any day, if you don't like the Bin 28 maybe a box of La

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I would recommend to a friend
Drink now!
DrDave
25 July 2012
Had a bottle of the 1998 tonight with a roast lamb dinner. I'd say it's just at its peak. Heavy, classical BIN 28. Still heavy with tannins. What a great year this is. Wish I had another dozen!
I would recommend to a friend
Good, but not stunning
Claret
17 June 2016
I am not into fancy words so I will go with simplicity. Despite airing for about an hour there was a quite strong citrus aroma, not unpleasant but not what I expected. On tasting, I was somewhat disappointed as I could not taste any real

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I would recommend to a friend
very disappoited in this wine thought it would be much more paletable.
leean
20 August 2011
dont bother buying very disappointed kept this bottle for five years and decided to drink with a special friend and she had a cheap bootle of red shiraz that was more drinkable.
I wouldn't recommend to a friend