Campbell Mattinson 92 points!
Campbell Mattinson 92 points!"I like the Penfolds Bin 128 Shiraz 2006 ($33) too. It's a stylish wine and a massively perfumed one - but it is not the crowd pleaser that the Bin 28 will be. This is all about bright, (sweet and sour) cherried, floral fruit, and I am a sucker for wines that taste like this. Indeed I am often a sucker for Bin 128 Shiraz, and in the past couple of years I have really come on board. There's a bit of mentholly warmth here too - bordering on heat. Try this before buying into it too heavily; it just hit my w-spot."
Campbell Mattinson, WineFront.
Listen to Penfolds Winemakers talk about Bin 128. Video by Penfolds wines Australia.
Sweet and juicy, slightly unpolished and brambly, this rich, old-fashioned shiraz says less about its region and more about its variety. Spicy, slightly spirity and herbal aromas of cassis, blackberries and polished cedar/chocolate oak overlie some leathery, reductive influences. Rather forward and gangly, then slightly hollow, its chunky, rather unpolished palate of ripe, wild fruit flavour is framed by a firm grip of firm tannin. (Coonawarra, 16.8/89, drink 2014-2018)
- Jeremy Oliver
Country:
Australia
Region:
SA- Coonawarra
Variety:
Wine Red - Shiraz
Size:
750mL
