Penfolds Bin 311 Chardonnay 2020

This modern Australian style of Chardonnay, made with fruit from Tasmania, Piccadilly in the Adelaide Hills and Henty, opens with bright, pure fruits and restrained oak. White peach and nectarine are matched by reserved oak given added depth by oatmeal barrel ferment complexity. It is dry, midweight and surprisingly tart, the palate lean and angular driven by a core of firm acidity combined with delicate fruit, although some creaminess of texture adds much needed weight. Eight months aging in French oak barriques, 41% new, does provide some depth to the palate although the wine remains an early drinking proposition.

Angus Hughson

Founder at Winepilot

Angus is an award-winning wine writer and the Founder and Publisher of Winepilot, the Australian Editor for leading international publication VINOUS with Antonio Galloni based in New York City and the Co-Publisher of The Australian Ark with over 15 years of publishing, writing and judging experience.

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