Lives large and ripe, the result of what was to all reports some intense Napa Valley heat during harvest. With...

Magill Estate’s evolution is now becoming quite palpable. With each vintage there is more poise, detail and finely nuanced oak....

Polish and concentration matched to some extraordinary dark purple hues, Marananga Shiraz is quite the individual, year in, year out....

As usual, Bin 138 brings a wealth of flavour to the glass. It definitely has presence, weight and persistence delivered...

Bin 407 is never my favourite red from the annual release – there is always better value, and more excitement,...

This vintage, the blend is 56% Grenache, 38% Shiraz and 6% Mataro. Maturation was for a year in a mix...

A stunning Magill, Penfolds’ single vineyard release. 100% Shiraz, maturation is for seventeen months in a mix of French barriques,...

While enduring drought conditions led to smaller yields during the ‘25 vintage, the big win is Bin 51’s impressive purity...

A cool season and vintage explained well in the glass. Deep purple hues. Bay leaf, spearmint, pepper aromas offer a...

A warm-hearted Shiraz if ever there was one, generous yes, but it’s a well-controlled generosity. Deep purple hues. Blackstrap liquorice,...

Cabernet Sauvignon (52%) takes the lead role – just – but this is very much a wine that celebrates two...

This is the fourth release of the French Wine Trial (FWT) sourcing Bordeaux Cabernet Sauvignon (56%), Merlot (41%) and Petit...

Offers a little less of the classic St. Henri style – the comforting old lounge leather savouriness is now discreetly...

A seamless pairing of Cabernet Sauvignon (51%) and Shiraz (49%) sourced from McLaren Vale, Padthaway and the Barossa Valley. A...

You get the sense that the French and American oak regime on 407 has been ever so slowly evolving, changing...

Delicate is Bin 311’s middle name. A blend of fruit from super cool Adelaide Hills, Tasmania and Tumbarumba, it’s a...

Retains that new oak smell and feel. Indeed, 14 months in French oak hogsheads (69% new) is towards the higher...

Marselan is one exciting addition to the Penfolds Chinese Wine Trial (CWT) programme, a French-bred cross of Cabernet Sauvignon and...

An exercise in cool restraint. Opens with enticing spice-fueled aromatics and citrus with red apple, pear, creamy cashews and brine....

Speaks eloquently of its Tasmanian home, of red earth, wild strawberries, crunchy red berries, crushed herbs and undergrowth. It’s a...

A perfectly poised Adelaide Hills Chardonnay as refined as you might expect and driven by fine-edged acidity reflecting its cooler...

This vintage hails from vineyards in McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley and Padthaway. Maturation is in American oak for a year...

Penfolds’ non-Grange Barossa Shiraz. 100% French oak, all hogsheads, with 69% new, the remaining 31% one-year-old, this cracking red certainly...

This is certainly a very fine St Henri, although unlikely to sit with the absolute greats. Maturation is a very...