Penfolds Reserve Bin 18A Chardonnay Adelaide Hills 2018

• Size: 750ml
• Vintage: 2018
• ABV: 13%
• Origin: Adelaide Hills / South Australia 
• Grapes: Chardonnay

Description

Penfolds has been producing remarkable wines since 1844 and indisputably led the development of Australian fine wine in the modern era. The introduction of Penfolds Grange in 1951 forever changed the landscape of Australian fine wine. Since then, a series of stand-out wines both white and red have been released under the Penfolds masthead.

Reserve Bin A Chardonnay has evolved into a wine that is now a distinctive, single-region style in its own right, with a contemporary and expressive Adelaide Hills chardonnay persona. Fruit is hand-picked into small bins and then whole-bunch pressed. A portion of the juice is incrementally filled to barrel directly from the press and allowed to undergo a natural fermentation, sans inoculation. Every new and seasoned French oak barrique is its own unique 225-litre ferment.

96pts. "Matured for 8 months in French barriques (40% new). Bright straw-green; as ever, Penfolds has this label nailed. It is a magical combination of power and finesse, thanks in part to low pH and high acidity. It is just starting to stretch its legs." James Halliday

95 Points – Andrew Caillard MW

95 Points – Campbell Mattinson