An exemplary release offering many classical and distinct vintages with character and aging potential. 2024 Yattarna Chardonnay, 2022 Grange Shiraz, 2024 Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz, 2024 Bin 169 Cabernet Sauvignon (probably the best ever) and 2023 Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon (California) are standouts while 2025 Bin A Chardonnay, 2024 Bin 150 Shiraz, 2024 Bin 798 Shiraz, 2023 Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon and 2023 Bin 704 Cabernet Sauvignon (California) are delicious and memorable. 2023 St Henri is classic in style even though the sourcing is wide with the unusual elements of Port Lincoln (SA) and Frankland River (WA). All these wines genuinely highlight the strength and singularity of the Penfolds House Style across a myriad of vintages and regions.
An exemplary release offering many classical and distinct vintages with character and aging potential.
2025 Penfolds Bin 311 Chardonnay, South Australia, New South Wales, Tasmania
Pale colour. Fresh grapefruit, lime, tonic water, flinty aromas with hint of SO₂. Minerally and supple with creamy grapefruit, nectarine flavours, with slinky textures and fresh pure acidity. Classical and well concentrated with very good buoyancy and vinosity. Eight months in 23% new and seasoned French oak barriques. Adelaide Hills, Tumbarumba, Tasmania. Drink now – soon. 13% alc 93 points
2025 Penfolds Reserve Bin A Chardonnay, Adelaide Hills – South Australia
Pale colour. Lifted grapefruit, lemon curd, pure nectarine aromas with hints of vanilla and marzipan. Generous, creamy with ample juicy nectarine, lemon curd, fruits, fine lacy textures, very good mid palate richness, well integrated vanilla, marzipan notes and fresh long cutting acidity. A cold structure combined with ripe fruit gives a beautiful crunchiness, mineral complexity and richness of flavour. Move over Puligny. Eight months in 58% new and seasoned French oak barriques. Drink now – 2035 12.5% alc 96 points
Move over Puligny.
2024 Penfolds Yattarna Bin 144 Chardonnay, New South Wales, South Australia & Tasmania
Pale colour. Pure fruited with grapefruit, camomile, flinty aromas with hints of lanolin. Pristine grapefruit, lemon glacé, hint flinty flavours, fine slinky textures, mid palate creaminess and fresh long indelible acidity. Bittersweet notes at the finish. Lovely density and torque with a nervy and long line of acidity. Delicious now, but should reveal something special and memorable in years to come. Eight months in 56% new and seasoned French oak barriques. Tumbarumba, Adelaide Hills, Tasmania. Drink now – 2040. 12.5% alc 97 points
2025 Penfolds Bin 23 Pinot Noir, Tasmania & Yarra Valley, Victoria
Medium crimson. Fragrant strawberry, herb garden aromas with hints of aniseed. Supple and sinuous in structure with ample strawberries and red cherries, fine-powdery textures, attractive mid-palate buoyancy and fresh well integrated acidity. Some herb, chinotto notes at the finish with a leafy note. Quite simple and fruit driven, but attractive early drinking. Matured in 22% new and seasoned French oak barriques. Tasmania, Yarra Valley. Ready to drink. Drink now – soon 91 points
2025 Penfolds Bin 21 Grenache, South Australia
Medium deep crimson. Musky plum, red cherry, slight Americano aromas with star anise notes. Buoyant and refreshing with ample red dark berry fruits, some vermouth-like flavours, loose knit chalky tannins, appealing mid-palate viscosity and fresh mineral acidity. Bittersweet and juicy at the finish. Very good varietal character, with attractive volume and length. Ten months in 28% new and seasoned French oak hogsheads. Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale. Drink now – soon. 14.5% alc 92 points
2024 Penfolds Bin 138 Grenache Shiraz Mataro, Barossa Valley – South Australia
Medium deep crimson. Lovely developed dark plum, redcurrant, roasted walnut aromas with herb garden notes. Well balanced palate with inky dark plum, cassis, red currant fruits, velvety textures and underlying roasted walnut notes. Builds up chalky dry at the finish with persistent buoyant fruit. In a very good place now with the maturation effect giving the wine complexity and appeal. 48% grenache, 46% shiraz, 6% mataro. Nine months in 63% seasoned French and 37% seasoned American oak hogsheads. Drink now – keep for a while. 14.5% alc 94 points
2024 Penfolds Bin 128 Shiraz, Coonawarra – South Australia
Medium deep crimson. Fresh blackberry, hint praline aromas with aniseed notes. Juicy, crunchy and gravelly, with ample blackberry pastille, dark chocolate flavours, a hint of bush garrigue and looseknit granular tannins. Finishes with a claret-like, touch leafy firmness and some red liquorice notes. Distinctly Penfoldsian in style with attractive fruit density combined with a sturdy and vigorous structure. Should develop for some years to come, but good drinking now. 12 months in primarily seasoned French oak hogsheads (12% new). Drink now – 2032 14.5% alc 93 points
2024 Penfolds Bin 28 Shiraz, South Australia
Deep crimson. Fragrant blackberry, dark plum, dark chocolate aromas with hints of sesame and spice. Chocolaty and velvety with ample choco-berry fruits, sinuous/ vigorous tannins, attractive mid-palate volume and well-integrated acidity. Builds up firm with bittersweet, juicy fruit. Plenty of presence, vinosity and torque. Could last a long distance. 12 months in primarily seasoned American oak hogsheads (9% new). McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley, Padthaway, Clare, Fleurieu. Drink now – 2038 14.5% alc 94 points
2024 Penfolds Bin 150 Marananga Shiraz, Barossa Valley – South Australia
Deep crimson. Beautiful fragrant blackberry pastille, hint marzipan aromas with hint of chinotto notes. Well concentrated blackberry, dark plum, cassis fruits, fine chocolaty textures and underlying marzipan, hint vanilla notes, Finishes chocolaty, long and minerally with a plume of lacy tannins. A lovely Barossa Shiraz with lovely generosity, purity and understated power. The weight of suspended time. 16 months in primarily 61% seasoned French (3% new) and 34% seasoned American oak (2% new) hogsheads. Drink now – 2038+ 14.5% alc 96 points
2023 Penfolds St Henri Shiraz, South Australia/ Western Australia
Deep crimson. Intense pure blackberry cassis, raspberry aromas with chinotto notes. Buoyant expressive dark and berry fruits, underlying roasted walnut notes and fresh al dente/ touch leafy tannins. Finishes claret firm with bittersweet/ chinotto notes. Lovely density and vigour. A classical St Henri showing its claret-like -bloodlines. McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley, Padthaway with elements of Port Lincoln and Frankland River (WA). Style over regional provenance. 12 months in large, seasoned vats. Drink now – 2038 14.5% alc 95 points
2024 Penfolds Magill Estate Shiraz, Adelaide Environs – South Australia
Deep crimson. Intense elderberry, blackberry touch musky aromas with roasted almond, vanilla notes. A hint of spice. Dense, compact and elemental with abundant dark berry fruits, fine grainy tannins and noticeable marzipan, vanilla notes. Finishes oaky with cedar/ leafy notes. Exuberant and in parts. 18 months in 67% new French and 33% seasoned American oak hogsheads, Drink 2028 – 2040 14.5% alc 93 points
2024 Penfolds RWT Bin 798 Shiraz, Barossa Valley – South Australia
Deep crimson. Intense dark cherry, blackberry, dark chocolate aromas with hints of black olive. Well concentrated black cherry, blackberry fruits with underlying cedar, ample roasted chestnut notes and dense vigorous chocolaty/ bittersweet tannins. Firm oaky/ cedary finish with tail of seductive dark berry fruits. One for the long haul with a Grange-like density and character. 14 months in 82% new and 18% seasoned French oak hogsheads. Drink 2028 – 2048 14.5% alc 96 points
2023 Penfolds FWT 585 Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Petit Verdot, Vin de France
Medium deep crimson. Classical blackcurrant, leafy aromas with underlying black olive, cedar notes. Inky and expressive with lovely cassis, dark plum fruits, black olive/ cedar notes and brisk fine-grained/bittersweet tannins. Very attractive energy, vinosity and flow. Will benefit from a few years bottle-age. 12 months in 24% new French and 15% new American oak barriques. 46% cabernet sauvignon, 45% merlot, 9% petit verdot. Drink 2028 – 2038+ 94+ points
2023 Penfolds FWT 543 Syrah Cabernet Sauvignon, Vin de France
Medium deep crimson. Intense blackcurrant, blackberry touch brambly aromas. Dense and chocolatey with smooth cassis, blackberry pastille fruits, fine supple tannins and well-integrated roasted walnut/ chestnut notes. Finishes velvety and long with a hint of sappiness. Very well balanced and an alluring freshness. 12 months in 13% new French and 19% new American oak barriques. 80% syrah, 20% cabernet sauvignon. Ready to drink but will develop for a while. 14.5% alc 94 points
2024 Penfolds CWT 521 Cabernet Sauvignon Marselan, Shangri-La & Ningxia – China
Medium crimson. Blackcurrant, coal dust/ graphite aromas with hints of cedar and spice. Inky and sweet fruited with ample cassis, blackberry glacé fruits, slinky tannins and underlying cedar/ touch vanilla notes. Chalky at the finish with sweet fruit notes. 14 months in 18% new French and 18% in new American oak hogsheads. 73% cabernet sauvignon 27% shiraz. Drink now – 2032 93 points
2023 Penfolds Bin 600 Cabernet Shiraz, California, USA
Medium deep crimson. Developed cassis, dark cherry, vanilla, marzipan aromas with hint violet notes. Attractive cassis, dark cherry fruits, bitter-sweet tannins, attractive mid-palate volume and underlying vanilla/ marzipan notes. Gravelly firm finish. Some tobacco leaf notes. Showing some early development but well-balanced classical cabernet style, with the shiraz giving mid-palate volume. 16 months on 45% new and seasoned American oak barriques. 73% cabernet sauvignon, 27% shiraz. Napa Valley, Paso Robles, Sonoma County. Drink now – 2035 14.5% alc 93 points
2023 Penfolds Bin 704 Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley – California, USA
Medium deep crimson. Intense blackcurrant, touch leafy/ geosmine aromas with hints of cedar. Velvety, voluminous and inky deep with abundant cassis, dark plum fruits, dense chalky tannins, some graphite notes and well-integrated marzipan, roasted chestnut notes, Finishes velvety and long. Very luxurious and expressive. 16 months in 45% new and seasoned French oak barriques Drink now – 2036 14.5% alc 96 points
2023 Penfolds Bin 149 Cabernet Sauvignon ‘Wine of the World’, Napa Valley – California, USA
Medium deep crimson. Fragrant cassis, rose garden aromas with underlying vanilla notes and hints of crème brulée. Concentrated and exaggerated blackcurrant, musky plum, Turkish delight flavours, fine slinky tannins and plentiful vanilla oak. Finishes chocolaty and oaky. A crowd-pleasing style. 16 months in 78% new French and 22% new American oak barriques. Drink now – 2034 14.5% alc 93 points
2023 Penfolds Oakville Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, California – USA
Deep crimson. Lovely inky cassis marzipan aromas with praline/ cedar notes. Classical claret style with attractive pure blackcurrant fruits, finely grained tannins and well-integrated cedar/ vanilla oak. Finishes firm and minerally with long tannin plume. Lovely fruit density and definition while possessing energy, vivacity and torque. Pretty impressive and built to last. 16 months in 100% new American oak barriques Drink now – 2040 97 points
2024 Penfolds Bin 407 Cabernet Sauvignon, South Australia
Deep crimson. Leafy, blackcurrant, dark cherry aromas with hints of bush garrigue/ sage. Well concentrated juicy blackcurrant, dark cherry, dark plum fruits, firm cedary/ sappy tannins and underlying roasted walnut notes. Builds sappy/ leafy at the finish with some graphite notes. A dominating structure but typical of the style. 12 months in in a combination of 16% new French (36% seasoned) and 5% new American (43% seasoned) oak hogsheads. Drink now – 2035 14.5% alc 92 points
The star of the show.
2024 Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz, South Australia
Deep crimson. Intense blackcurrant, dark chocolate aromas with attractive roasted chestnut, marzipan notes. A classic Bin 389 with abundant cassis, blackberry fruits, lovely chocolaty textures and well-balanced roasted chestnut, vanilla, marzipan notes. Finishes firm, bittersweet and long. Very good density, complexity and flow. The star of the show. 13 months is 34% new and seasoned American oak hogsheads. 53% cabernet sauvignon 47% shiraz. Coonawarra, Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Padthaway. Drink now – 2050 14.5% alc 98 points
2024 Penfolds Bin 169 Cabernet Sauvignon, Coonawarra – South Australia
Deep crimson. Intense dark chocolate, dark cherry, cassis aromas with hints of sage/ violet. Supple, densely concentrated and long with lovely blackcurrant, dark cherry glacé, praline, craquelure flavours, fine looseknit grainy tannins and beautifully integrated oak. Finishes al dente firm and long. One of the top wines of the release. Should develop brilliantly well. 18 months in 79% new and seasoned French oak hogsheads. Drink now – 2040 97 points
2024 Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon, South Australia
Deep crimson. Dark chocolate, cassis, grilled almond aromas with herb garden notes. Concentrated pure blackcurrant, damson plum, praline flavours, densely compact fine grained/ cedar tannins and well balanced roasted chestnut notes. Leafy/ chocolaty firm at the finish. Still in its elemental phase but very good density and flow. Should develop very well. 16 months in American oak hogsheads. Coonawarra, Barossa Valley, Padthaway. Drink 2028 -2055 14.5% alc 96 points
2022 Penfolds Bin 95 Grange Shiraz, South Australia
Deep crimson. Intense inky blackberry pastille, elderberry, blueberry aromas with walnut, dates, mocha/ espresso notes. Deeply set blackberry, mocha flavours and concentrated, elemental, fine dense bittersweet, chalky/ graphite tannins. Chocolaty velveteen finish. Acidity quite dominant. Buoyant and voluminous with lovely density and torque but tannins will take some years to resolve. Tasted in Magnum and Bottle. 18 months in American oak hogsheads. 97% shiraz, 3% cabernet sauvignon. Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Coonawarra. Drink 2030 – 2060 14.5% alc 97+ points
