2021 Penfolds Bin 180 Cabernet Shiraz
Wine of the Year 2024 - Tyson Stelzer
Red Wine of the Year 2024 - Tyson Stelzer
Cabernet Shiraz of the Year 2024 - Tyson Stelzer
Nick Ryan Top 100 Wines of 2024
99 points - Tyson Stelzer (Wine of the Year 2024)
and Red Wine of the Year 2024 and Cabernet Shiraz of the Year 2024
There must have been a strong compulsion for Penfolds to create a bold and bombastic blend to commemorate its 180th anniversary, and I love that it chose a very different and compelling path, highlighting not the grandeur of the warmer regions of South Australia in new American oak but the definition and tension of Coonawarra in the epic and cool 2021 season, sensitively framed in seasoned French oak. The definitive Australian blend has been recreated here with classic, fine-boned precision, singing with all the lifted brightness of this cool, traditional season. The crunchy redcurrant and blackcurrant fruit of cabernet sauvignon is perfectly integrated with the blackberries of shiraz. Fine-grained, limestone-mineral tannins like only Coonawarra can conjure are perfectly harmonised with the structural support of French oak. The result is one of the finest wines of the modern era of Penfolds and the epitome and exemplar that less is indeed oh so very much more. It is a worthy winner of my Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz of the Year, Red Wine of the Year and Wine of the Year!
99 Points - Ken Gargett, The World of Fine Wine
A near-opaque purple-maroon. The nose is already providing noticeable complexity, with notes of black fruits, bergamot, licorice, cold tea, smoked meats, blueberries, and chocolate. Hints of tobacco leaves and mocha emerge with time in the glass. A sumptuous wine, deeply extracted but with such immaculate balance. Bright acidity, silky tannins, an alluring and persistent finish. This is a complete wine. A one-off release, which will provide immense pleasure for the next three decades.
99 points - Huon Hooke, The Real Review
Very deep, dense purple-red colour; the bouquet wonderfully clear, deep cassis cabernet, bell-clear and unencumbered by new oak. Traces of nutmeg and violet, lavender and rose. Extreme intensity of flavour, the concentration is other-worldly. A great wine! (57% cabernet, 43% shiraz, from Penfolds vineyard blocks 10 & 5. 16 months in French oak hogsheads, all one year old and none new). Drink 2028-2051.
Wine of the Year 2024 - Tyson Stelzer
Red Wine of the Year 2024 - Tyson Stelzer
Cabernet Shiraz of the Year 2024 - Tyson Stelzer
Nick Ryan Top 100 Wines of 2024
99 points - Tyson Stelzer (Wine of the Year 2024)
and Red Wine of the Year 2024 and Cabernet Shiraz of the Year 2024
There must have been a strong compulsion for Penfolds to create a bold and bombastic blend to commemorate its 180th anniversary, and I love that it chose a very different and compelling path, highlighting not the grandeur of the warmer regions of South Australia in new American oak but the definition and tension of Coonawarra in the epic and cool 2021 season, sensitively framed in seasoned French oak. The definitive Australian blend has been recreated here with classic, fine-boned precision, singing with all the lifted brightness of this cool, traditional season. The crunchy redcurrant and blackcurrant fruit of cabernet sauvignon is perfectly integrated with the blackberries of shiraz. Fine-grained, limestone-mineral tannins like only Coonawarra can conjure are perfectly harmonised with the structural support of French oak. The result is one of the finest wines of the modern era of Penfolds and the epitome and exemplar that less is indeed oh so very much more. It is a worthy winner of my Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz of the Year, Red Wine of the Year and Wine of the Year!
99 Points - Ken Gargett, The World of Fine Wine
A near-opaque purple-maroon. The nose is already providing noticeable complexity, with notes of black fruits, bergamot, licorice, cold tea, smoked meats, blueberries, and chocolate. Hints of tobacco leaves and mocha emerge with time in the glass. A sumptuous wine, deeply extracted but with such immaculate balance. Bright acidity, silky tannins, an alluring and persistent finish. This is a complete wine. A one-off release, which will provide immense pleasure for the next three decades.
99 points - Huon Hooke, The Real Review
Very deep, dense purple-red colour; the bouquet wonderfully clear, deep cassis cabernet, bell-clear and unencumbered by new oak. Traces of nutmeg and violet, lavender and rose. Extreme intensity of flavour, the concentration is other-worldly. A great wine! (57% cabernet, 43% shiraz, from Penfolds vineyard blocks 10 & 5. 16 months in French oak hogsheads, all one year old and none new). Drink 2028-2051.
Wine of the Year 2024 - Tyson Stelzer
Red Wine of the Year 2024 - Tyson Stelzer
Cabernet Shiraz of the Year 2024 - Tyson Stelzer
Nick Ryan Top 100 Wines of 2024
99 points - Tyson Stelzer (Wine of the Year 2024)
and Red Wine of the Year 2024 and Cabernet Shiraz of the Year 2024
There must have been a strong compulsion for Penfolds to create a bold and bombastic blend to commemorate its 180th anniversary, and I love that it chose a very different and compelling path, highlighting not the grandeur of the warmer regions of South Australia in new American oak but the definition and tension of Coonawarra in the epic and cool 2021 season, sensitively framed in seasoned French oak. The definitive Australian blend has been recreated here with classic, fine-boned precision, singing with all the lifted brightness of this cool, traditional season. The crunchy redcurrant and blackcurrant fruit of cabernet sauvignon is perfectly integrated with the blackberries of shiraz. Fine-grained, limestone-mineral tannins like only Coonawarra can conjure are perfectly harmonised with the structural support of French oak. The result is one of the finest wines of the modern era of Penfolds and the epitome and exemplar that less is indeed oh so very much more. It is a worthy winner of my Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz of the Year, Red Wine of the Year and Wine of the Year!
99 Points - Ken Gargett, The World of Fine Wine
A near-opaque purple-maroon. The nose is already providing noticeable complexity, with notes of black fruits, bergamot, licorice, cold tea, smoked meats, blueberries, and chocolate. Hints of tobacco leaves and mocha emerge with time in the glass. A sumptuous wine, deeply extracted but with such immaculate balance. Bright acidity, silky tannins, an alluring and persistent finish. This is a complete wine. A one-off release, which will provide immense pleasure for the next three decades.
99 points - Huon Hooke, The Real Review
Very deep, dense purple-red colour; the bouquet wonderfully clear, deep cassis cabernet, bell-clear and unencumbered by new oak. Traces of nutmeg and violet, lavender and rose. Extreme intensity of flavour, the concentration is other-worldly. A great wine! (57% cabernet, 43% shiraz, from Penfolds vineyard blocks 10 & 5. 16 months in French oak hogsheads, all one year old and none new). Drink 2028-2051.
DETAILS
VINTAGE - 2021
VARIETAL - Cabernet / Shiraz
COUNTRY - Australia
REGION - Coonawarra, SA
BOTTLE SIZE - 750ml
