Liner & Elsen Wine Merchants, Portland, OR
Tasted Monday, October 4, 2010 by RPerro with 1,555 views
Penfolds tasting seminar, hosted by Liner & Elsen, and presented by Penfolds Assistant Winemaker Steve Lienert and Technical Winemaker Andrew Wright. A great slideshow presentation of Penfolds history, and current winemaking areas, techniques, and the wines themselves. We tasted through 10 red wines from various vintages, including 2 vintages of Grange. A great event, and only $20!
The 'budget' end of Penfolds red wine lineup at this tasting, these Bin wines are typically around $20, and named for the concrete "bins" the bottles were stored in while aging. Some of the Bin series (Bin 389, Bin 707, etc) are quite expensive, however, and rival Grange in quality and prestige.
The St. Henri wine goes back to the 1950's with Penfolds, and even older vintages before it was purchased by Penfolds. A true Australian relic, known as the 'alter-ego of Grange'.
Started as an experiment in 1995, and first launched in 2000 with the 1997 vintage. Working from a single region within Barossa Valley, and matured only in French oak, RWT is more muscular and assertive than Grange.
The iconic Australian wine. And rightly so! Just an amazing line of Shiraz.
2006 Penfolds Bin 138 Shiraz Grenache Mourvèdre 88 Points
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Wine #1. Nice nose of blackberry and chocolate. Sweet & spicy fruit with a bitter, dark chocolate finish.
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2006 Penfolds Shiraz Bin 128 90 Points
Australia, South Australia, Limestone Coast, Coonawarra
Wine #2. Black fruit and spices on the nose. Elegant but with ample tannins. Some mint along with the black cherry fruit, and finishing with some spicy cherry.
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1996 Penfolds Shiraz Bin 28 Kalimna 91 Points
Australia, South Australia
Wine #3. Plummy nose, with big red fruit and lots of pepper. Sweet plum fruit and vanilla, with surprising tannins for a '96.
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2004 Penfolds Shiraz Bin 28 Kalimna 89 Points
Australia, South Australia
Wine #4. Not much on the nose...very tight, with just a touch of fruit. Lots of tannin, sweet blackberry fruit, oak and vanilla. A bit disjointed to me...
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2006 Penfolds Shiraz Bin 28 Kalimna 92 Points
Australia, South Australia
Wine #5. Big peppery nose with blackberry and currant. Surprisingly less tannin than the '04. Much sweeter, with a long finish smoky finish.
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