2013 Penfolds Pinot Noir Bin 23

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 76.8 points

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  9/13/2022 - Johnsharrison Does not like this wine: 70 Points

  I found an untouched 6 pack of this in my cellar which I had overlooked . Very hard to tell it is a Pinot to be truthful - nose has very little Pinot character - similar on tasting - and quite short. Disappointing

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  12/1/2014 - Timbalimba wrote: 84 Points

  Tasted blind in a Pinot flight. Reductive, matchstick, heavily toasted oak aromas dominate the nose. Deeper fruit underneath, dark, musty. Is this really Pinot? Reticent on the palate, quite tannic, dried fruits, stewy, achieves a strange combination of heavily toasted new oak and the taste of old barrels. Short finish. Difficult to believe this is a Pinot. Butch, bruising. When the label was revealed it was quite a disappointment. Maybe it will come good one day but at the moment it represents very poor value.

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  7/28/2014 - Milliontown wrote: 68 Points

  Good grief. Is there some barossa fruit in here or maybe a splash of shiraz? It's certainly too full bodied and tightly wound to be 100% pinot, even though it's appreciably young. Dominated by oak aromas and heat from the alcohol. The palate is tight and tannic, with hot overripe fruit flavours and a pronounced bitter astringency on the aftertaste. Drinkable, barely... not flawed, but also not worth $30 AUD. Not even close.

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