Happy Hour Featuring Penfolds Ultras Saturday, September 27th 5:30pm and all the Penfold Wines in the store on SALE!!
"You have only so many bottles in your life, never drink a bad one."
Len Evans
We don’t waste time here at the Wine Watch as every day above ground should be special and celebrated with great wines. You never know when your last bottle will go down, but we are trying to take down as many great wines as we can before our time runs out!
One of the reasons that I get out of bed in the morning is to drink wines like Penfolds Grange. Grange is a symbol of the best that Australia has to offer, the pinnacle of quality and the epitome of what a Shiraz from southeast Australia is and standard bearer should be. That is why we host an annual event to showcase the newest release of this iconic wine.
Penfolds has a lot of great wines leading up to Grange and today they have even pushed the envelope and created multi vintage blends of Grange and other iconic wines that will redefine not only Australian wines but wines around the globe.
We would like to offer our “Wine Drinking People” the most unique and distinct experiences in the world of wine. We have a collectors tasting with Penfolds Grange every year but it seems this was not the correct time for this event this year as we had no response from our Grange collectors for this date but keep an eye out for the next one as we have showcased up to 17 difference vintages of Australia’s most coveted wine at previous events.
On Saturday September 27th we will host an incredible happy hour with some of the best wines that this iconic Australian winery has to offer and of course you always get extra at Wine Watch so we will have a few older vintages that will be added to the line-up to make this one of the greatest Penfolds happy hours of all time. The fee for this tasting is $95 + tax, for reservations call 954-523-9463 or e-mail andy@winewatch.com.
Happy Hour Featuring Penfolds Ultras
Saturday, September 27th
5:30pm
2023 Penfolds Bin 51 Riesling Eden Valley Australia
2019 Penfolds Chardonnay Bin 311 Adelaide Hills Tasmania Tumbarumba Australia
2021 Penfolds Shiraz Bin 28 Kalimna Australia
2021 Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet - Shiraz, South Australia
2018 Penfolds St Henri Shiraz South Australia
2018 Penfolds RWT Shiraz Barossa
2021 Penfolds Bin 600 Cabernet - Shiraz, South Australia
2021 Penfolds Bin 704 Cabernet Sauvignon, South Australia
2019 Penfolds Bin 149 Cabernet Sauvignon, South Australia
NV Penfolds Grandfather Tawny Port
Menu
Roasted Pepper and Tomato Bisque with Cheese Toast
Blue Cheese Gougere with Blackberry Drizzle
Foie Gras Torchon with Current Jam and Brioche Toast
Avocado Tomato Toast
BBQ Chicken Thighs
Margherita Pizza
The fee for this tasting is $95 + tax, for reservations call 954-523-9463 or e-mail andy@winewatch.com.
A bit of history about Penfolds:
Penfolds, a household word in Australia and one of the world's largest wine companies, traces its origins back to Magill on the outskirts of Adelaide at the foot of the Mount Lofty Ranges. It was at Magill that Dr. Christopher Rawson Penfold, the founder of this great firm, first planted his vineyard. Dr. Penfold, the son of a Sussex vicar, the Reverend John Penfold, was schooled in England, and married his wife there in 1835. However, within a few short years, he decided to try his hand at life in the colonies and purchased a grant of land at Magill in South Australia for what was considered a large sum of money. With his wife and baby daughter, Georgina, he made the hazardous voyage towards the end of 1844. The family settled on their land at Magill and built a white-washed stone cottage which they named "The Grange". As well as practicing medicine and looking after his farm, Dr. Penfold planted vine cuttings which he had brought out with their ends dipped in sealing wax to keep the sap in the vines until they were planted. He did not approve of the quality of imported wine of the time so he made his own for use of his patients with anemia. Whether the wine was in fact any help to anemia is debatable, but this now discredited cure was the beginning of a huge enterprise. By the time of his death in 1870, Dr. Penfold had expanded his viticultural holdings and devoted more and more time to winemaking. In his twenty-six years in the young colony, Dr. Penfold had laid the basis of a veritable viticultural dynasty.
Although the wine business at Magill seemed to falter slightly after Dr. Penfold's death, by 1881 it was again flourishing; and Penfolds was becoming the most important wine producer in South Australia. Historical records reveal that the stock of wine at the Magill winery in 1881 was about 485,000 liters. At that time the total quantity in South Australian was about 1.4 million liters. Wine production continued to increase, and by 1885 trade was flourishing between Magill and all the states as well as New Zealand. One of Dr. Penfold's four grandchildren, Frank Penfold Hyland (born 1873), was responsible for guiding the company through almost fifty years of successful expansion. Frank entered the business in 1892 and spent three years in Europe studying winemaking. After Frank's death in 1948, at the age of 74, the company was administered by a Board of Directors for some fourteen years before it became a public company in 1962. Expansion continued throughout the sixties and seventies with the most significant expansion occurring in 1982 when Penfolds acquired the Kaiser Stuhl winery. Throughout the eighties Penfolds continued its aggressive expansion, swallowed up the huge Seppelt winery, and was said to control nearly 40% of all Australian wine production. Also in 1988, Penfold's flung its far-reaching tentacles abroad and purchased half of Sonoma County's Geyser Peak winery. Magill is still the headquarters of the Penfolds organization, but their winery at Nuriootpa is the major production facility. The "Grange", the family's small old white-washed stone cottage, is still maintained at Magill in its original condition and is used as a museum. Today Penfold's is a huge and successful enterprise. Indeed, a great deal of wine has flowed since Dr. Christopher Rawson Penfold began to cure his anemic patients at Magill.
2019 Penfolds Grange Bin 95, Australia
Price: $800.00 Special Price: $585.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
(98 Points) This is an epic wine that doesn’t quit, opening up with ripe, fleshy flavors of black cherry, maraschino cherry and framboise. But the fruit notes are only the beginning, giving way to date-nut bread, salted bittersweet chocolate, marzipan, dried olive, green peppercorn, French-press coffee and cardamom. The tannins are filling in the mouth, but never get in the way of all the complexity, while the finish just goes on and on. Drink now through 2047. Wine Spectator
2018 Penfolds Grange Bin 95, Australia
Price: $800.00 Your Price: $704.00 Quantity in Stock: 12
(99 Points) This wine comes with high expectations—as does the vintage. The 2018 vintage across South Australia (and cheekily, we could probably extend the accolade to all of Australia) was excellent. It was warm, but without incident, and responsible for powerfully ripe, serious wines. Many producers made some of their best wines in this vintage. So here, to the 2018 Grange: there is spiced raspberry, lashings of salted licorice, red curry paste, layers of forest berries, rendered lamb fat and crushed pink peppercorns to start. In the mouth, the tannins close around the fruit with the same polish and seamlessness as the 2008, possibly the 2004? Very different vintages, but there is a textural similarity for me. This is polished and glossy and so very pretty. It contains 3% Cabernet Sauvignon this year, and 69% Barossa, 18% McLaren Vale and the balance from Clare Valley. Each of the regions brings with it its own characteristics. Barossa brings the red dirt, blood, deli meat and rust. McLaren Vale brings the plush purple fruits with a side of meat and licorice. Clare brings the polish, the opulence and the velvet texture. With their powers combined, this is an extraordinary Grange. One of the true greats, which will only get better as it ages. (EL) Wine Advocate, Review Date: 07/2022
2017 Penfolds Grange Shiraz South Australia
Price: $800.00 Your Price: $704.00 Quantity in Stock: 5
(97 Points) Opaque, bright-rimmed ruby. Highly pungent, smoke- and mineral-accented aromas of cherry pit, violet candy, cured tobacco, savory herbs, coconut and exotic spices on the kaleidoscopic nose. Shows superb clarity and spicy lift to its spice-laced bitter cherry, cassis, blueberry and floral pastille flavors, which take on black cardamom, menthol and cola nuances as the wine slowly stretches out. Shows superb delineation and spicy thrust on the youthfully tannic finish, which features resonating cherry, blue fruit and floral notes. (JR) Vinous, Review Date: 07/2021
2015 Penfolds Grange Bin 95, Australia
Price: $900.00 Your Price: $792.00 Quantity in Stock: 2
Tasting Notes: Color Opaque, a dark core with a lighter deep red concession on rim Nose An eruption of fruits. At once lively and expressive, conceding Grange personality yet still not revealing all .... Dark coffee grind, malt and tapenade merge with black earths, almost verging on peat. Mandated V.A and formic notes propel a slurry of dark-skinned berried fruits, flirting with dark liquorice and soy. Oak completely hidden, long since absorbed. Now, back to the glass for a second sniff! Palate Initially the ‘enlivened’ dark fruits of a Christmas pudding or boiled fruitcake mix demand attention. But there’s much more to complement these fruits – impressions of ironstone, graphite, iodine, black ink, and a black pudding viscosity. Formidable, meshed tannins – texturally honeycombed, without the honey! Oak has entwined itself invisible. Yes, every barrel still new, and completion of fermentation off skins in barrel still Grange modus operandi. Integrated, measured ... and clearly more than one sip required to gain an authentic ‘first-impression’. Certainly a wine of its vintage. A Grange of 2015.
Vineyard Notes: Across South Australia’s premium growing regions, winter and early spring rainfall were close to the long-term average. From August, conditions became significantly drier with only a few light spring showers recorded. Record low rainfall was recorded from September to March stretching water supplies. Warm and dry conditions encouraged early flowering and fruit-set, with rapid canopy growth. Early summer temperatures dropped below average with no major heat waves recorded. Once harvest commenced, it progressed rapidly with most blocks of shiraz picked earlier than previous years. Although the prevailing conditions resulted in lower than anticipated yields, the quality of fruit was exceptional. A strong Penfolds vintage.
Production Notes: Origin: Multi-regional blend, South Australia. From Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Clare Valley, Magill Estate.
Winemaker Notes: “Vineyards used in the 2015 Grange have been well-tested. Many have toiled for decades, some well over a century. Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Clare Valley & Magill parentage – not by accident!” “Crafted to the original 1951 blueprint” - Peter Gago, Penfolds Chief Winemaker
Ratings: 100 Points - Andrew Caillard MW 100 Points - Nick Stock, jamessuckling.com 99 Points - James Halliday 98 Points - Angus Hughson 98 Points - Joe Czerwinski, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate 97 Points - Mary-Ann Worobiec, Wine Spectator
2004 Penfolds Shiraz Grange Magnum South Australia Bin 95
Price: $1250.00 Your Price: $1100.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
(99 Points) The 2004 vintage was outstanding in Barossa, McLaren Vale, and Magill, the regions where the grapes were sourced for the marvelous 2004 Grange. It contains 4% Cabernet Sauvignon and was aged for 16 months in 100% new American oak hogsheads. A glass-coating opaque purple color, it displays a superb nose of wood smoke, Asian spices, incense, game, blueberry, and blackberry liqueur. Medium to full-bodied, satin textured, with deeply layered, succulent blackberry, plum, and chocolate flavors, it has the structure and complexity to merit extended cellaring of a decade and more. The winery estimates a drinking curve of 2016 to 2050; I'd be a bit more conservative on the long end of the range. It will ultimately be seen as one of the great vintages of Grange. Wine Advocate #186 Dec 2009
2002 Penfolds Grange Shiraz South Australia
Price: $595.00 Sale Price: $495.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
(98 Points) Last but not least is Australia's most famous wine, the 2002 Shiraz Grange. The 2002 version was sourced from 77.5% Barossa Valley and 22.5% from McLaren Vale. Included in the blend is 1.5% Cabernet Sauvignon. It spent 17 months in 100% new American oak. Opaque purple, it gives off an ethereal bouquet of violets, saddle leather, blueberry, blackberry, pencil lead, and chocolate. This is followed by a full-bodied wine with tremendous concentration, multiple layers of flavor, ripe tannins, and great balance. Thick and rich, with a 60-second finish, it will slowly blossom over the next 15-20 years and provide pleasure through 2050. It is a legend in the making! Penfolds, arguably Australia's most famous winery, continues to perform at a high level under the leadership of Head Winemaker, Peter Gago. Wine Advocate # 173, Oct 2007
1998 Penfolds Grange Shiraz South Australia
Price: $695.00 Sale Price: $550.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
(99 Points) The 1998 Grange will be legendary. A blend of 97% Shiraz and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon, it tips the scales at a whopping 14.5% alcohol. The inky/purple color is followed by an extraordinarily intense nose of creme de cassis intermixed with blueberry and floral notes. As the wine sits in the glass, aromas of meat, plums, and cola also emerge. It is a seamless effort with sweet tannin, well-integrated acidity, sensational extract, and layer upon layer of blackberry and cassis fruit that stain the palate and fill the mouth. Its harmony, freshness, and remarkable length (the finish lasts nearly a minute) suggest an all-time classic. Anticipated maturity: 2006-2030. Wine Advocate # 148 August 2003
1997 Penfolds Grange Shiraz South Australia
Price: $595.00 Your Price: $523.60 Quantity in Stock: 4
(94 points) The 1997 Grange (a blend of 96% Shiraz and 4% Cabernet Sauvignon) looks to be a classic Grange, although slightly softer and more forward than the backward 1996. The saturated purple-colored 1997 offers a gorgeously sweet nose of blackberry liqueur, cherries, camphor, chocolate, plums, and mocha. The wine is opulently-textured, extremely soft, layered, and seductive, with Grange's tell-tale personality well-displayed, but in a seamless, seductive style. This is a superb Grange that can hold its own against the more heralded 1996. Anticipated maturity: 2005-2022. Wine Advocate #143 Oct 2002
Penfolds G5 Australia
Price: $3500.00 Your Price: $3080.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
(99 Points) Complex, stylish and distinctive, this is a stunner, with aromatics leaping out of the glass, including dark chocolate–covered peppermint pattie, dried sage, salted black licorice and Black Forest cake, with plenty of rich spiced plum, cherry preserves and framboise. Savory elements balance out the richness, with hints of dried porcini, white truffle and firming earthy notes that show a touch of black walnut liqueur. The tannins are polished and refined, while the finish is epic. Drink now through 2045. 65 cases imported. Wine Spectator
Penfolds G4, Australia
Price: $3000.00 Your Price: $2640.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
(99 points) A blend of Grange from the 2002, 2004, 2008 and 2016 vintages, Penfolds’s NV G4 is likely more of a curiosity-collectible than anything else, given its otherworldly price tag and limited production (2,500 individually numbered bottles). That said, if you’re lucky enough to get your hands on a bottle, I hope you ultimately drink it, preferably shared with good friends. It comes across as relatively youthful, with plenty of primary fruit (raspberries and blackberries), cedar and vanilla and dusty tannins. Concentrated and full-bodied, it does show glimpses of slightly aged characters hints of roasted meat, caramel and tobacco but I would still give this another five years before I’d broach a bottle. If you’re on a non-billionaire budget, you might rather have three or four bottles of Grange but G4 will certainly give you bragging rights. Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
2004 Penfolds Block 42 Kalimna Cabernet Sauvignon, Barossa Valley, Australia
Price: $1250.00 Sale Price: $1000.00 Quantity in Stock: 2
(97 points) It's not known exactly when the Kalimna Block 42 was planted but there are suggestions that the vines existed during the latter part of the 19th Century. They could be the oldest Cabernet vines in the world, although the famous Metala Cabernet vineyard in Langhorne Creek was known to have been planted in 1891 so could very well pre-date Kalimna. Regardless, I've been there and the vines are truly old. Only very rarely does Penfolds release this as a single vineyard wine, when the Cabernet is so fabulous it can't possibly be blended. The 2004 Block 42 Kalimna Cabernet Sauvignon was such a vintage. Matured in 100% new American hogsheads for 13 months, it displays a very deep garnet-purple color and profoundly earthy / gamey aromas over black cherry preserves, creme de cassis plus scents of leather, pencil shavings, Mediterranean herbs, black truffles, underbrush and black olives. The elegant, medium-bodied palate is tightly-knit and led by structure with a high level of grainy tannins, very high acid and a long earthy finish. Approachable now, it should continue to evolve and drink to 2025 . Wine Advocate # 192 Dec 2010
2004 Penfolds Cabernet Shiraz Bin 60A
Price: $1000.00 Sale Price: $795.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
(99 points) The release of the 2004 Bin 60A following the epic 1962 Bin 60A is old news now, but the wine was looking very fine indeed when I tasted it so I thought I'd add a note. Blended of 56% Coonawarra Cabernet from Block 20 and 44% Barossa Shiraz from Koonunga Hill Block 56G and Kalimna Blocks 4 and 14, the wine was matured in 100% new American oak hogsheads for 13 months. Very deep purple-black in color, it offers restrained notes of game, smoked meat, earth, blackberry and black currant liqueurs, yeast, marmite-toast plus whiffs of dried lavender, cedar and bark. Very crisp, very tight and very firm, this taut medium-bodied wine is still all structure at this stage, going very long and earthy in the finish. Give it time and consider broaching it from 2014. It should drink well into the 2030s if not beyond. Wine Advocate # 192 Dec 2010
2018 PENFOLDS ST HENRI SHIRAZ SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Price: $150.00 Your Price: $132.00 Quantity in Stock: 8
(99 Points) The finest vintage I've ever tasted, surpassing even the incredible 2016 (time will tell, anyways), the 2018 Shiraz St. Henri is, as always, a multi-region blend yet is mostly Barossa Shiraz, and the aging is always in larger oak vats. (Don't tell anyone, but I often prefer St. Henri to Grange.) The 2018 is absolutely brilliant, revealing a saturated purple hue to go with a smorgasbord-like array of ripe blueberries, mulberries, iron, lavender, sage, and ground pepper. It has an almost bloody, salty character and is full-bodied, massively concentrated, opulent, and rich yet stays flawlessly balanced, has sweet tannins, and has a great finish. It's certainly more open and assessable compared to the 2016 at this same stage, but this awesome Shiraz will evolve gracefully for another 2-3 decades, if not longer. Bravo. Jeb Dunnuck, Review Date: 10/2023
2018 Penfolds RWT bin 798 Shiraz Barossa
Price: $150.00 Your Price: $132.00 Quantity in Stock: 4
(98 Points) Sourced only from the Barossa Valley, RWT is aged exclusively in French oak, giving it two major points of difference from the rest of the Penfolds range. Always a sexy, voluptuous wine (and admittedly a personal favorite), the 2018 RWT Shiraz ratchets that up to new heights in a great Barossa vintage, boasting layers of berry-like fruit, refined vanilla shadings and baking-spice notes, plus more exotic elements like star anise and cocoa powder. It's full-bodied and plush without being unstructured in any way, with a lingering, complex finish and the concentration to age two decades or more. Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
2004 Penfolds RWT Shiraz Barossa Valley
Price: $190.00 Your Price: $167.20 ` Quantity in Stock: 7
(95 Points) The 2004 Shiraz "RWT" was barrel-fermented and aged for 14 months in 69% new French oak. Opaque purple-colored, it delivers an expressive nose of smoke, leather, grilled bacon, game, blueberry, and licorice. Full-bodied, it is dense, ripe, and layered as well as opulent. More forward than the Magill Estate, this hedonistic Shiraz can be enjoyed now but will continue to evolve for another 8-10 years. Penfolds, arguably Australia’s most famous winery, continues to perform at a high level under the leadership of Head Winemaker, Peter Gago. Wine Advocate # 173, October 2007
2022 Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet - Shiraz, South Australia
Price: $84.00 Your Price: $73.92 Quantity in Stock: 5
2020 PENFOLDS BIN 389 CABERNET SAUVIGNON/SHIRAZ AUSTRALIA
Price: $75.00 Your Price: $66.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
2019 PENFOLDS BIN 389 CABERNET SAUVIGNON/SHIRAZ AUSTRALIA
Price: $72.00 Your Price: $63.36 Quantity in Stock: 1
Winery's Notes: Bin 389 was often referred to as ‘Baby Grange’, in part because components of the wine are matured in the same barrels that held the previous vintage of Grange. First made in 1960 by the legendary Max Schubert, this was the wine that helped forge Penfolds reputation with red wine drinkers by combining the structure of cabernet sauvignon with the richness of shiraz. Exemplifying the judicious balance of fruit and oak, Bin 389 highlights the generous mid-palate Penfolds in known for.
2004 Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon, South Australia
Price: $425.00 Your Price: $374.00 Quantity in Stock: 5
(95 points) Outer quote mark The 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon “Bin 707” is one of the Penfolds’ flagship wines. It was aged for 15 months in 100% new American oak. Opaque purple/black, it exhibits a classic Cabernet nose of cedar, tobacco, spice box, black currant, and blackberry liqueur. Medium-bodied (13.5% alcohol) but dense and concentrated, with tons of black fruit flavor, the wine is tightly knit, structured, beautifully balanced, and very promising. It needs a minimum of 10-12 years of cellaring and should provide pleasure through 2040. Inner quote mark (10/2007) Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
2021 Penfolds Bin 407 Cabernet Sauvignon South Australia
Price: $84.50 Your Price: $74.36
2020 Penfolds Bin 407 Cabernet Sauvignon South Australia
Price: $84.50 Your Price: $74.36
2019 Penfolds Bin 407 Cabernet Sauvignon South Australia
Price: $94.50 Your Price: $83.16 Quantity in Stock: 5
Launched with the 1990 vintage in 1993, Bin 407 was developed in response to the increasing availability of high-quality cabernet sauvignon fruit. Inspired by Bin 707, Bin 407 offers varietal definition and approachability, yet still possessing structure and rich depth of flavour. Textbook cabernet sauvignon, the expressive Bin 407 demonstrates the reward of Penfolds multi-regional blending philosophy. A core of ripe fruit is well supported by sensitive use of French and American oak.
2022 Penfolds Bin 28 Shiraz Barossa
Price: $30.00 Your Price: $26.40
2021 Penfolds Shiraz Bin 28 Barossa
Price: $30.00 Your Price: $26.40
2018 Penfolds Bin 28 Shiraz Kalimna Australia
Price: $30.00 Your Price: $26.40
Kalimna® Bin 28 offers a showcase of warm climate Australian shiraz – ripe, robust and generously flavoured. First made in 1959, Bin 28 is named after the famous Barossa Valley Kalimna vineyard purchased by Penfolds in 1945 and from which the wine was originally sourced. Today, Kalimna® Bin 28 is a multi-region, multi-vineyard blend, with the Barossa Valley always well represented.
2020 Penfolds Bin 8 Cabernet - Shiraz South Australia
Price: $32.25 Your Price: $28.38
2013 Penfolds Bin 8 Cabernet - Shiraz South Australia
Price: $31.25 Your Price: $27.50 Quantity in Stock: 1
The Penfolds Bin collection of wines began in 1959, part of a modern era of Penfolds innovation that has resulted in a diverse family of wines with ageless appeal. Each Bin wine bears the distinctive Penfolds quality stamp whilst exhibiting a unique style of its own. Est 1844. 57% cabernet sauvignon 43% shiraz. Penfolds Bin 8 is a classic Australian blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz, crafted in the traditional Penfolds style. This elegant wine shows ripe sweet fruit flavours supported by softly integrated oak and silky tannins. We invite you to explore the Penfolds range and discover a success story more than 165 years old. Penfolds Wines established 1844.
2022 Penfolds Koonunga Hills Shiraz Cabernet South Australia
Price: $15.00 Your Price: $13.20
2022 Penfolds Koonunga Hills Shiraz South Australia
Price: $15.00 Your Price: $13.20
Named after one of Penfolds Barossa Valley vineyards, Koonunga Hill is a reflection of the Penfolds winemaking style and philosophy - offering richness, balance and lasting quality. Since the first vintage in 1976, this introductory wine to Penfolds has received widespread acclaim and steadily built a reputation for over delivering on value, quality and consistency.
2016 Penfolds Chardonnay Yattarna Australia
Price: $168.75 Your Price: $148.50 Quantity in Stock: 3
(96 Points) Ripe peach, pear and melon fruit fills out the medium to full-bodied palate, then really grows in intensity and focus on the long finish. This is the most complete Yattarna I've ever tasted, blending richness and acidity in a seamless fashion. -Joe Czerwinski, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
2022 Penfolds Chardonnay Bin 311 Adelaide Hills Tasmania Tumbarumba Australia
Price: $31.50 Your Price: $27.72
2019 Penfolds Chardonnay Bin 311 Adelaide Hills Tasmania Tumbarumba Australia
Price: $42.00 Your Price: $36.96 Quantity in Stock: 8
Bin 311 Chardonnay truly reflects the winemakers’ mantra of going where the fruit grows best and where it best suits style. . In true Bin 311 style, not unlike Yattarna, the 2022 vintage exhibits lemon/lime aromas and a mineral acid backbone, complemented by barrel fermentation and maturation in new and seasoned oak.
A cutting-edge, cool-climate chardonnay sourced from Tasmania, Tumbarumba and Adelaide Hills. An elegant wine with honeydew melon, white peach and cashew flavours.
2023 Penfolds Bin 51 Riesling Eden Valley Australia
Price: $37.50 Your Price: $33.00
Citrus bursts with lime juice aplenty! Fine, long and linear natural acid encompassing the entire length of the palate – talc, slate, mineral – brilliant! One for the ages - classic Australian bone dry Riesling. Classic Eden Valley!
NV Penfolds Club Tawny
Price: $17.00 Your Price: $14.96
Australia's most popular fortified wine is a tawny noted for it's mellowness and consistency. A blend of vintages oak matured at Penfolds' Kalimna cellars, in the Barrossa Valley. The palate is rich and vibrant displaying ripe spicy fruit, toffee and walnuts framed by smokey oak with a lifted cleansing finish.
NV Penfolds Grandfather Tawny Port
Price: $100.00 Your Price: $88.00 Quantity in Stock: 5
The Grandfather name dates back to 1915, when an oak cask containing the finest blend of Tawny was set aside for the exclusive use of the Penfold family. This wine was known as The Grandfather due to the age of the oldest Tawny in the blend. With a core selection of Mourvedre, Shiraz, Cabernet and Grenache (but not limited to these varieties), Grandfather Rare Tawny sources fruit from vineyards specifically selected for fortified wine production. Only the free run wine is used for Penfolds Grandfather Rare Tawny and Penfolds uses a low strength fortifying spirit which is selected specifically for the Penfolds style. This spirit accentuates primary fruit character and adds additional complexity and seamless integration. Each year, fortified wine is made with Grandfather in mind and these selected batches are barrel aged for approximately eight years. Batches of wine that reach the required maturation and Grandfather quality are then blended and added to the 'Grandfather Solera'. In this six stage solera, Grandfather is aged for a further twelve years to give a total average age above 20 years - before being drawn off for bottling. During this extended maturation process the Grandfather Rare Tawny becomes more concentrated and complex with increased palate weight, structure, complexity and sweetness. VINEYARD REGION South Eastern Australia VINTAGE CONDITIONS Penfolds Grandfather Rare Tawny is a multivintage blend with an average age greater than twenty years after being aged in a traditional solera system. GRAPE VARIETY All Penfolds tawny styles are created using a core selection of varieties made up of Mourvedre, Shiraz, Cabernet, and Grenache but are not limited to these varieties. MATURATION Eight years in old small oak casks before a strict barrel selection. These batches are blended and added to the Grandfather Solera for a further 12 years before being drawn off for bottling. WINE ANALYSIS Alc/Vol: 19.5% Acidity: 8.2g/L pH: 3.2 PEAK DRINKING With an average age above 20 years - Grandfather Rare Tawny can be kept for extended maturation in bottle but is blended to drink on release.
Winemaker comments by Penfolds Chief Winemaker Peter Gago
COLOUR Deep amber - mahogany in colour with the green gold tinges indicative of great age.
NOSE The nose is extremely complex and fragrant, possessing an array of nutty, vanillin, aged characters melding seamlessly with hints of raisined fruit, malt and lifted spirit.
PALATE The palate effortlessly displays the famed attributes of great Tawny; luscious, rich and full flavoured with mouthfilling viscosity and a slightly dry finish. Intense raisined fruit, walnut and toffee flavours harmonise with subtle vanillin oak.
Penfolds NEW Wines of the World
The latest invention from this landmark Australian wine producer.
These are the first wines of their kind to be made anywhere on the planet Earth today. Leave it to Peter Gago and his winemaking crew around the globe to think of such a collaboration where you take the best grapes from South Australia and combine the wines with the best from Northern California. The parent company that owns Penfolds also owns Beringer, Beaulieu, Hewitt wineries and some of the top vineyards in both wine regions to combine the winemaking talents and the grapes to produce a new line-up of top wines that showcase the best of both worlds.
I was a bit skeptical when I heard about these wines and at first thought that it was an unnecessary endeavor but after tasting the wines I can see where they are going with this project. Combining the winemaking talents of both wine producing countries is intriguing but then to take some of the top Cabernet Sauvignon from Northern California with the best Shiraz from South Australia. The story is here but the wines speak for themselves.
PENFOLDS NEW CALIFORNIA COLLABORATION THREE PACK #21C8
Price: $285.00
These three wines are featured in this gift box.
2018 Penfolds Bin 149 Cabernet Sauvingnon South Australia and Napa
2020 Penfolds Bin 704 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa
2020 Penfolds Bin 600 Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz Napa Paso Robles
2021 PENFOLDS BIN 149 CABERNET SAUVINGNON SOUTH AUSTRALIA AND NAPA
Price: $210.00 Your Price: $184.80
2019 PENFOLDS BIN 149 CABERNET SAUVINGNON SOUTH AUSTRALIA AND NAPA
Price: $157.50 Your Price: $138.60 Quantity in Stock: 2
2018 PENFOLDS BIN 149 CABERNET SAUVIGNON SOUTH AUSTRALIA AND NAPA
Price: $157.50 Your Price: $138.60 Quantity in Stock: 14
Penfolds Bin 149 Cabernet Sauvignon seeks out Northern Hemisphere excellence via meticulous vineyard and block selection, reinforced by flagship-worthy South Australian Cabernet Sauvignon. The result is distinctive, and of distinction. Bin 149’s name is derived from the percentage of South Australian Cabernet Sauvignon that was synergistically woven into the inaugural 2018 release. Napa Valley regional sourcing seeks to showcase strong tannic foundations, dark fruit intensity but with the added dimension of a unique “worldly” disposition. Matured in French and American oak, this release highlights Penfolds commitment to quality and winemaking approach.
2021 Penfolds Bin 704 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa
Price: $48.00 Your Price: $42.24
Steeped in Penfolds winemaking tradition yet still embracing modernity, Bin 704 seeks to redefine Napa Valley cabernet through a Penfolds lens. Being mindful of varietal nuances, regional essence and silk-like textural definition, the wine is nurtured in French barriques for maturation. Impressive is the cyclical nature of viticulture and winemaking, and Penfolds recognises that different hemispheres often end up being the mirror image of the other. The name Bin 704 draws inspiration from the “mirror” or “reverse” image of its Australian Bin 407 stablemate, a wine which also respects varietal expression.
2020 Penfolds Bin 704 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa
Price: $73.50 Your Price: $64.68 Quantity in Stock: 11
(94 Points) When it comes to cabernet sauvignon, Penfolds hits a sweet spot with its less ambitious though no less beautiful second tier (407 in South Australia, 704 in Napa Valley… both of which are significantly less expensive than the prime selections—707 or, in California, Quantum and Oakville). The fruit on this 2020 is black as night, with the warm intensity of umeboshi plums. Then the flavors last on cassis and the herbal, woody scent of rosemary. There’s juiciness to the currant flavor, bursting with ripeness, creating a lovely textural bliss. This should age with grace. Wine & Spirits
2018 Penfolds Bin 704 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa
rice: $73.50 Your Price: $64.68 Quantity in Stock: 6
2021 Penfolds Bin 600 Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz Napa Paso Robles
Price: $52.50 Your Price: $46.20
2020 Penfolds Bin 600 Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz Napa Paso Robles
Price: $52.50 Your Price: $46.20 Quantity in Stock: 10
2018 Penfolds Bin 600 Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz Napa Paso Robles
Price: $52.50 Your Price: $46.20 Quantity in Stock: 1
Bin 600 is intrinsically linked to Penfolds beginning in California, a narrative that now spans three decades. In 1998, Penfolds imported a heritage selection of vine cuttings from South Australia’s esteemed Kalimna and Magill Estate vineyards and planted them in Californian soil. The original name of the Camatta Hills vineyard was called Creston “600” Ranch, a special place in the Penfolds California timeline for it serves as a reference point to the start of our American journey. Creston Ranch is now honoured in the wine’s name, Bin 600. In recognition of Penfolds history within our Californian wine story, grapes from the original 1998 vine cuttings feature in this cabernet shiraz blend. A blend that has been revered and championed by Penfolds in our modern winemaking era.
And then……. there is the Quantum!!
2018 Penfolds Quantum Bin 98 Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz South Australia and Napa
Price: $735.00 Your Price: $646.80 Quantity in Stock: 12
Winery Notes: Penfolds Quantum Bin 98 is the continuation of a twenty-year endeavor from when Australian vine cuttings were planted in Californian soil. A Wine of the World that encapsulates a bold blending alliance, Quantum reveals a wine that shows wisdom, crafted with conviction but also embedded in the “quality-first” philosophy that underpins Penfolds flagships. The wine serves as the most powerful expression of our blending style and leads the charge in Penfolds ambition to seek out parcels of intense flavor, structural tannins and equal parts grace and complexity. Northern and southern hemispheres bring prized cabernet sauvignon from Napa Valley and pedigreed shiraz from South Australia, respectively, into each other’s realm. Not adhering to expectations and de rigueur.
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