2005 Penfolds Bin 28 Kalimna Shiraz 750ml

Bin 28 offers a showcase of warm-climate Australian Shiraz – ripe, robust and generously flavoured. First made in 1959, Bin 28 is named after the famous Barossa Valley Kalimna Vineyard purchased by Penfolds in 1945 and from which the wine was originally sourced. Today, Bin 28 is a multi-region, multi-vineyard blend, with the Barossa Valley always well represented.

Black olive and chocolate notes resonate with an abundance of fruits, with mouth-coating sweet tannins and balanced acidity. Full and expansive - an immersion of flavour saturation and a textural continuum across the palate.

Drinking Window: 2008 - 2025

Closure Type: Screwcap

Vineyard Notes: McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley, Langhorne Creek

Vintage Notes: The 2005 vintage was of consistent high quality across all regions. Favourable seasonal conditions - particularly mild temperatures, with few sustained hot periods, and moderate and generally well-timed rainfall - resulted in good quality and steady ripening of fruit, with full varietal characters being developed.

Ageing: This wine was matured for 13 months in older American oak hogsheads.

Producer Tasting Notes: COLOUR Deep, dark red. NOSE The nose initially exhibits a vibrant mix of dark fruits fused with notes of dark chocolate, cola, anise, liquorice and a skerrick of vanillin. A swirl of the glass teases out violet nuances, overhanging wafts of cold cured meats and scents of the sultana/raisin dough portion of a boiled fruitcake mixture. No oak influence is apparent, as per the Bin 28 blueprint. PALATE The palate shows a continuum of generous Shiraz varietal prune notes, plum fruits and assorted spices. The wine is plush, yet still tightly structured, with a substantial mid-palate. The noticeable tannins are youthful and powdery. The 2005 Bin 28 is true to style and offers significant aging potential.