2019 Penfolds Bin 19A Chardonnay

98 Points - James Halliday, Wine Companion

“Hand picked, whole-bunch pressed, part direct to barriques for wild ferment and 100% mlf, the balance via tank for brief settling before 8 months in French oak (80% new). A beautifully detailed chardonnay, white peach and pink grapefruit plus supple creamy cashew run through the very long palate. Rubs shoulders with the best in the land.”

97 Points - Ray Jordan, The West Australian

“A relatively high amount of new French oak has been used here to enhance and balance what is a remarkably powerful and concentrated chardonnay. In fact, there is 80% new. It gets some serious winemaking and it needs it. The barrel fermentation adds a deep richness to the concentrated fruit while lees stirring brings another layer. Has a smoky struck match aroma with a creamy nutty roasted cashew palate richness. A super wine and one of the best.”

97 Points - Andrew Caillard MW, Wine Companion

“Pale gold. Classic flinty, grapefruit, nectarine aromas with underlying vanilla roasted almond notes. Generous in flavour yet tight in structure with pure grapefruit white peach nectarine flavours, creamy textures, savoury complexity and fresh persistent mineral acidity. Finishes long, sweet and crisp with light marzipan notes. Beautiful wine.”

97 Points - Tyson Stelzer, Wine Companion

“The transparency of chardonnay to articulately convey its terroir is remarkable indeed, and this wine tells the intricate story of the Adelaide Hill’s hot summer and mild autumn of 2019. There is a generosity and a determined reservation communicated in aromatic reluctance, ultimately emerging a day after opening, charged with all the tension of cool autumn nights. Maker Kym Schroeter considers 2019 to be up with 2017 as a cracking vintage for good sulphides in the Adelaide Hills. This struck flint reduction that we adore in Bin A wafts gracefully over a core of precise lemon, grapefruit and white peach, leaping forth triumphantly on the front and coasting into a long tail of beautifully poised acidity, backed with masterfully deployed, high-class cashew nut French oak. Another great hit in the grand legacy of Bin A.”