Penfolds Bin 28 Kalimna Shiraz

A warm climate Aussie Shiraz from the wiley old grandmasters of Aussie red wine making. The Bin 28 is a real consumer favourite every year from the Penfolds Bin Range – which is probably why the wiley old grandmaster of Aussie wine critics James Halliday calls it “the mother of the bin range”.

Although originally produced from a single vineyard site (their Kalimna vineyard, you’d never have guessed) as popularity and demand grew they began to produce the wine from multiple vineyards across multiple regions, but still with plenty of fruit presence from the world famous Barossa Valley in there.

This is the latest 2022 release with the usual solid scores backing it up…

95/100 (James Halliday’s Wine Companion)
“Quelle surprise! Penfolds impresses with a multi-regional blend. It’s something they do so well; a combination of vineyard resources and masterful blending with such quality and consistency across their ‘Bin’ range of wines. Deep set satsuma plum, blackberry and blueberry fruits with hints of baking spices, charcuterie, violets, fennel tops, dried herbs, nicely-judged American oak and a gentle earthen hue. There’s a lovely, bright fruit presence here; long, flavourful and delicious now with the promise of excellent cellaring potential.”

91/100 (Huon Hooke, The Real Review)
“Deep, dark colour, with black fruits, creosote, bitumen and black pepper on the nose. The wine is full-bodied and dense with richness and extract aplenty, the tannins just a tad rustic, with a touch of chew that lingers but the tannins are ripe and supple as well. (McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley, Padthaway & Wrattonbully. 12 months in American oak hogsheads)”

It’s simple. Drink some, cellar some. How long you ask? This could comfortably lay down up to 2039, if you could possible wait that long!