Penfolds Bin 128 Coonawarra Shiraz 2009
I started tasting this wine and had to re-pour it to make sure I had the right wine; this 2009 release of Bin 128 has a little more oomph than usual.Smells good. Malt, raspberries, dried spices, smoky barrels and syrupy plums. It fairly follows on from there, adding a touch of aniseed to the fruit and creamy vanilla to the oak. That creaminess helps give the wine excellent texture and there’s no doubting the impact of fruit flavour. It finishes soundly; it feels composed and complete. This is an immaculately presented wine all round. Drink : 2014 - 2021 91+ points Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
Cool-climate elegance, defined / linear. Coonawarra...2009! Penfolds Chief Winemaker - Peter Gago.
Curiously, the only wine made by Penfolds every vintage from Coonawarra grapes and sold in the Australian market (there are some export labels). No less curious was the lacklustre performance (by Penfolds standards and given the reputation of Coonawarra) of the wine until 1986. However, since then the wine has taken a distinct turn for the better, which is as it should be. It is one of the few wines in the Penfolds range which is matured entirely in French oak, 20 per cent new and 80 per cent one and two years old. - James Halliday
