Reserve Bin A Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2022
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Reserve Bin A Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2022
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Reserve Bin A Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2022
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Overview
Overview
Reserve Bin A Chardonnay has evolved into a wine that is now a distinctive, single-region style in its own right, with a contemporary and expressive Adelaide Hills chardonnay persona. Fruit is hand-picked into small bins and then whole-bunch pressed. A portion of the juice is allowed to undergo a natural fermentation, sans inoculation. Every new and seasoned French oak barrique is its own unique 225-litre ferment. Enhanced mouthfeel and complexity is achieved by fermenting and maturing on solids with regular yeast lees stirring (bâttonage). 100% malolactic fermentation (all natural).
When purchased in a case (6 bottles), this wine comes in a Penfolds branded wooden box.
| Varietal | Chardonnay |
|---|---|
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Country | Australia |
| Region | Adelaide Hills |
| Volume | 750 mL |
| Closure | Screw Cap |
| Alc/Vol | 12.5% |
| Peak Drinking | 2024 – 2035 |
Awards and Accolades
Awards and Accolades
| 98 Points | Erin Larkin |
| 19/20 Points | Matthew Jukes |
| 96 Points | Tyson Stelzer |
| 96 Points | Huon Hooke |
| 96 Points | Ken Gargett |
| 96 Points | Ray Jordan |
| 96 Points | Dave Brookes |
| 96 Points | Ned Goodwin |
| 96 Points | Colin Hay |
| 95 Points | Jamie Goode |
| 95 Points | Andrew Caillard MW |
| Gold | 2023 Sydney Royal Wine Show |
Erin Larkin
"The Reserve Bin Chardonnay is sourced exclusively from the Adelaide Hills, and the 2022 Reserve Bin A Chardonnay was again (as in 2021) the beneficiary of an excellent season. Matured for eight months in French oak (75% new), the wine here is creamy and saturated (drenched) in salted stone fruit flavor. This is another superstar release for this cuvée, and it illustrates the capacity for greatness in the Penfolds whites. The Chardonnays go through 100% malolactic fermentation and are inoculated with the Penfolds yeast isolate, and it is notoriously integrated, even at this early stage. It may seem an odd thing to note here, but I am struck by it every year. Powerhouse. 98 Points."
Matthew Jukes
"This is a much more serious wine than Bin 311, with a lot more volume of fruit and oak and a much larger flavour imprint on the palate. While it is bigger and louder, it isn’t any less graceful, and despite its dimensions, this is a stunningly weighted wine. The perfume is sensational, grand and resonant, setting the scene for the fruit notes that roll on for minutes. This lovely wine has not yet started to show its layers of flavour and will require a couple of years for the chrysalis to fracture and reveal the inevitable complexity of fruit within. Drink 2025 – 2035. 12.5% alc – 19/20 Points"
Tyson Stelzer
"The purity, precision and confidence of Bin A are on pinpoint form in the great 2022 season, set to a tune of exacting white peach, grapefruit and fig. Toasty, biscuity French oak rises to the occasion, falling in neatly behind the fruit, entangling seamlessly on a finish of outstanding line and length, impeccably framed in vibrant lemon juice acidity that promises great things in the cellar. 8 months maturation in 75% new French oak barriques. Drink 2025-2037. 12.5% alc – 96 Points."
Taste Description
Taste Description
Nose
Very restrained, tightly coiled. With a gentle swirl emerge notes of custard apple, granny smiths, white nectarine and beurre bosc pear. Pistachio, cashew nuts and ground almond meal provide nuance. Sweet nougat entices. Apple blossom. The oak has been fully absorbed, with just a suggestion of barrel ferment character showing through.
Flavours and Palate
A powerful, complex and dynamic wine. The phenolics have plenty of depth and length. The palate has real drive, held together by a core of taught acidity. The mouthfeel has a lovely texture and weight. Stone fruits provide sweetness, white peach and nectarines. Old fashioned poached loquats in syrup. Almond meal and freshly sliced pear. Wet steel and river pebble minerality. The finish is long and memorable.
Viticulture Vintage & Winemaking
Viticulture Vintage & Winemaking
Vintage Conditions
The 2022 Adelaide Hills vintage was celebrated for its long cool ripening and the absence of adverse outcomes from the forecast La Niña influence. The region enjoyed healthy winter rainfall and a relatively dry September which encouraged good canopy development and even budburst. Spring temperatures were generally cooler than average with October being the coldest in decades. A hailstorm on the 28th of October caused some crop loss. The cold weather delayed flowering and fruit set by several weeks, however yields were near average. Generally mild weather prevailed over summer and autumn, resulting in a long growing season and leisurely harvest. These conditions were very conducive to growing quality chardonnay with strong varietal characteristics and bracing natural acidity.
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.