Penfolds Bin 28 Shiraz 2020

Scores

95 / 100

""Medium-deep crimson. Classic dark chocolate espresso dark berry aromas with malty/ liquorice notes. Lovely choco-berry fruits, some cola/ chinotto/ roasted coffee notes, fine supple loose-knit grainy tannins, very good mid-palate density and underlying savoury complexity. Finishes velvety firm and minerally. Very Penfoldsian with lovely intensity, chocolaty richness and energy. Where less can be more.""
- Andrew Caillard MW

95 / 100

"This year’s Bin 28 is a blend of grapes from McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley, Padthaway and Clare Valley. A very deep, rich, red-purple colour introduces a wine with a reserved bouquet of black fruits and subtle tar, mocha, espresso coffee traces. It’s full-bodied and rich, the tongue-coating tannins very ample and persuasive but also supple and balanced. A quite powerful Bin 28 that will live long and well."
- Huon Hooke

94 / 100

""Originally known as Kalimna Shiraz after the Barossa vineyard it was sourced from, now we have four SA regions in play without the Kalimna name attached. You couldn't taste a more classic Penfolds shiraz than this with all its rich, dark, ripe fruit inside a subtle wrap of American oak that adds familiar chocolate and spice notes to the palate. There's cola too, then some crumbled earthiness, while fruit acidity remains lively and the textural tannin profile friendly and welcoming. Value is most attractive as well." - Tony Love"
- Winepilot

94 / 100

""Ripe and generous, but the aromatics take this to the next level, with notes of cardamom, paprika and dried rose petal, plus touches of candied violet and cocoa powder, to complement the core of fleshy blackberry, black cherry and cassis. The tannins are dense but velvety, and this finishes with warm chocolaty notes. Drink now through 2035". - Maryann Worobiec"
- Wine Spectator

92 / 100

"I’m still calling this Penfolds Bin 28 Kalimna, for the sake of the Search function, though of course the word Kalimna has fallen from the official name of the wine. This 2020 release was grown in the McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley, Padthaway and Clare Valley regions. 12 months in American oak, 16% new. Chocolate into plum, mocha into black cherry, a tip into darker, more blackberried territory. Tannin here gives the wine a seriousness; a presence beyond the usual. Again this isn’t a heralded vintage but again this is on song or better. A touch boozy on the finish perhaps but nicely done all around."
- Campbell Mattinson

Tasting Notes