2023 Bin 128 Coonawarra Shiraz
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2023 was a challenging year in Coonawarra: it was wet, it was hot, it was wet, it was hot again. The Shiraz worked well, but the Cabernet Sauvignon not as well. The 2023 Bin 128 Coonawarra Shiraz has notes of blue fruits, dried mint, dusty cocoa powder with a little bitterness therein, alongside sweet black licorice. It's a lovely, mid-weight wine here, with length and detail. It matured for 12 months in French oak hogsheads (26% new, 39% one year old). 14.5% alcohol, sealed under natural cork.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Erin Larkin, Wine Advocate
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Full bottle 1,428 g. Very wet and cool spring; generally warm summer but cooler, wetter weather returned throughout harvest. Shiraz ripens earlier than Cabernet, though, so was less badly affected. Aged for 12 months in French oak hogsheads (26% new, 39% one year old). TA 6.2 g/l, pH: 3.62 Blackish purple. Toasty, please-all nose. Sweet and fresh. Sleek and peppery with a dry finish. Should appeal to European palates. Long and lively! GV ? (JR)
The 2023 Shiraz Bin 128 is delicately framed, offering up finely tuned aromas of dark cherry pastille, licorice and white pepper spice. The challenging vintage shows in its angular texture and overbearing tannins.
About the producer
Penfolds is Australia’s most famous wine producer, known best for their iconic top wine, Grange. First produced commercially in 1952, Grange has since gone on to become one of the world’s most famous fine wines. In 2001, the wine was listed as an Australian heritage icon.