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PENFOLDS Reserve Bin 20A Chardonnay, Adelaide Hills 2020 Bottle
About this wine
Penfolds Reserve Bin 20A is a cool-climate Chardonnay made from fruit sourced in the Adelaide Hills. The first vintage was in 1994, with the Reserve Bin A part of that new wave of Penfolds Bins that arrived in the mid 90s, including the multi-region Chardonnay Yattarna and the single region Shiraz RWT.
The Reserve Bin A takes its number from the vintage, slightly out of step with the Penfolds naming system. And that’s a good thing, as the Reserve Bin 20A is its own wine. It has plenty of Penfolds seriousness wrapped up in a white wine package that’s single-region and cool-climate specific.
These days, it’s a complex wine with Michelin patisserie chef level lemon meringue characters, and plenty of verve in its early years. Very expressive, pure and driven, the Reserve Bin A Chardonnay tends to spend more time on the palate than it does in the glass. The pale sunshine gold of Bin 20A beams warm and bright. A charmer from the hand of winemaker Kym Schroeter, this is a Chardonnay that makes its presence felt. It is ethereal, yet powerful. Rich in complexity, yet gloriously refreshing thanks to that fresh-struck match and mineral line. It has levity, it has length, it will keep us interested for many years to come.
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Penfolds
Penfolds is one of the world’s most celebrated winemakers with an enviable reputation for quality at every price level. Christopher Rawson Penfold began it all in 1844. A doctor, with an eye for medicinal winemaking, he and his wife, Mary sought a new life in Australia with a vine cutting and a bold vision. The family purchased Magill, now a suburb of Adelaide, and set about inventing tonics, brandies, and fortified wines made from grapes and Australian sunshine. The Penfolds House Style emerged from this craft of fortified wine production and blending.
The success of Penfolds has been driven by a lineage of visionary winemakers who pushed innovation to bold new heights. Max Schubert, the creator of Penfolds Grange, Dr Ray Beckwith and their team pioneered: major advances in yeast technology and paper chromatography; the understanding and use of pH in controlling bacterial spoilage; the use of headed down/submerged cap fermentation and the technique of rack and return; cold fermentation practices; the use of American oak as a maturation vessel and perhaps most critically, partial barrel fermentation. The use of American oak and barrel fermentation is considered traditional Barossa winemaking practice, in large part due to the work of Penfolds.
Today, the art of blending remains integral to the Penfolds House Style - a unique combination of highly defined fruit aromas, ripe tannins, richness, power and concentration. The most powerful expression of this is the flagship, Grange, now recognised as one of the most consistent of the world’s great wines. Similarly, Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz, first released in 1960, is now considered the quintessential Australian wine blend. Improved vineyard management, site selection and winemaking brought about the subsequent releases of Penfolds wines such as Bin 707 and Bin 407 Cabernet Sauvignon – both highly acclaimed and collected wines to this day.
The Penfolds Philosophy is the accumulation of nearly 180 years of shared knowledge and continual refinement. This began with Dr Christopher and Mary Penfold, continued with Max Schubert, Ray Beckwith and generations of Penfolds winemakers leading to the current winemaking team, led by Peter Gago. Their commitment to constantly improving their work, whilst honouring the winemaking techniques of their predecessors, contributes to the consistency of style and quality that Penfolds is known for around the world.
