Bin 23 Pinot Noir 2018 (Cork)
Penfolds
Bin 23 Pinot Noir 2018 (Cork)
Overview
Overview
Bin 23’s name is derived from the place the wine matures, ‘Cellar 23’ at Magill Estate and follows in the footsteps of the success and development of the Penfolds Cellar Reserve Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir. Bin 23 Pinot Noir is a bold, and dynamic inclusion to the Penfolds red wine stable – reflecting an evolving style, regional definition and the complexities of the many and varied pinot noir clones. The relationship between Penfolds and cool-climate regions continues with the multi-regional sourcing of Bin 23 Pinot Noir.
Please note: This wine is under cork| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
|---|---|
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Country | Australia |
| Region | Multi-Region Blend |
| Volume | 750 mL |
| Closure | Cork |
| Alc/Vol | 14% |
| Peak Drinking | Now - 2024 |
| Winemaker | The Penfolds Team |
Awards and Accolades
Awards and Accolades
| 95 points | Andrew Caillard MW |
| 95 points | James Halliday |
| 91 points | Angus Hughson |
| 91 points | Huon Hooke |
Andrew Caillard MW
"Medium crimson, Beautiful pure strawberry, red cherry aromas with herb, sage notes. Well concentrated but medium bodied wine with pure strawberry, red cherry fruits, some herb sage anise notes, fine loose knit slinky dry textures, attractive mid-palate viscosity and long persistent mineral acidity. Finishes with a classic peacock’s tail. A real step up in quality and timbre this year showing lovely colour, varietal definition, density and energy. Buy and drink!"
James Halliday
"From Henty, Tasmania and the Adelaide Hills, matured for 8 months in French barriques (17% new). Bright, clear crimson; in the same class as its compelling '17 sibling. Red cherry, pomegranate, fine tannins, deft oak handling."
Angus Hughson
"Bright mid cherry red. Subtle and understated the wine shows earthy wild cherry aromas with a hint of spice. Dry and juicy with a touch of wintergreens and dried herb flavours it is mid weight and supple although a touch thin. Drink now - 5 years."
Food Pairing
Food Pairing
Chicken
Fish
Pork
Cured Meat
Pasta
Salad
Pizza
Taste Description
Taste Description
Nose
An immediate ascent of delicate white strawberry and white raspberry pastille fruits. Yes, overtly cool-climate pinot noir. Quickly following, a garnish of fresh thyme flowers and Hungarian sweet paprika. And something else, admittedly hard to identify – an aroma lying somewhere between saffron and mustard seed. If only spectrophotometer could ... !?! Oak? Perhaps a scent of star anise may be a link? Upon sitting, the faintest waft of pencil shavings confirms a definite Quercus robur or sessiliflora connection.
Flavours and Palate
Medium-bodied. Weight and texture no doubt positively influenced by an appealing glycerolic contribution.
Felt like, rather than velvety tannins, with cherry and strawberry fruits inducing a refreshing mouth-watering/salivating grip. ‘Underneath’ - impressions of tilled wet-earth and aligned parsnip/turnip (kohlrabi) flavours.
Oak imparts a structural rather than a flavour imprint – was that 17% or 0.17% new oak?!
Viticulture Vintage & Winemaking
Viticulture Vintage & Winemaking
South Australia
Home to the oldest vines in the country, and no less than 18 wine growing regions, South Australia accounts for almost 50% of Australia’s wine production. The Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Langhorne Creek and Coonawarra are well known for their world class reds, with Adelaide Hills, Clare Valley and Eden Valley praised for their exceptional Chardonnay and Riesling.
Vintage Conditions
The first Bin 23 to showcase fruit from Henty (Victoria) andTasmania in addition to the Adelaide Hills. All three regionsenjoyed a relatively wet winter which set the vines up with goodsoil profiles for the growing season. Henty was wet up to mid-December when much drier conditions prevailed. Tasmania hadoptimal conditions during the growing season, with clear andwarm conditions during fruit-set, no frost issues and mild, dryweather leading to harvest. The Adelaide Hills and Henty both had a very hot finish to the growing season with several heatspikes in January. Harvest was an orderly affair, with grapesripening evenly across blocks and showing strong varietalcharacter and vibrant colours.
The Penfolds Team
Key to the success of Penfolds has been a lineage of visionary winemakers. There have only ever been four Chief Winemakers at the helm of Penfolds – Max Schubert, Don Ditter, John Duval and Peter Gago, each a custodian of a rich winemaking tradition that goes back for more than 170 years.
Our current Penfolds winemaking team has more than 100 years between them as Penfolds winemakers. They are constantly refining and improving their work, whilst honouring the winemaking techniques of their predecessors.