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Monday, October 19, 2015 - Found this review on the net and it's so accurate

Popped and poured this wine and it exploded out of the glass, the palate is complete and seemless from start to the very long finish - fabulous

I found this review on the net And it was written in 2009 and still relevant today

Penfolds Bin 311 Tumbarumba Chardonnay 2008
$42.90; 13% alcohol; screw cap; 92+++
Obviously made to fill the chablis section of Penfolds’ shelves, this wine is from Tumbarumba grapes, grown on the cool western slopes of the Australian Alps near Mount Kosciuszko. “Bin 311 can be from any district”, Peter Gago says, “depending on which vineyard best gives us the style we want ... but it must be a single region – there’s no blending between districts, ensuring the wine is always a pure reflection of its source. It’s barrel-fermented, but in two, three and four year old French barriques, where it stays for just eight months, so we don’t get overt oak.” While the wine had undergone full malo-lactic fermentation, at only 13% - perfect! - it’s still the colour of young riesling and shows no buttery fats. It reeks of carbide and fresh-blasted quarries at the front edge, and follows that with pithy white peach skin and comice pear aromas, and just the faintest hint of grilled cashew. The palate’s crisp and austere. It’s a cheeky brat of wine, and must surely put the fear of death into the Chablisiennes. 20 FEB 09; 1 MAY 10 Review by Drankster

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