Penfolds Bin 28 Shiraz

Tasting Notes

Blackcurrant fruity and with rich woody tannins for having been aged 12 months in American oak barrels. This is a BIG WINE for BIG PEOPLE! One of Penfolds oldest Bin wines, the first vintage of Bin 28 was 1959, the same year the Bin series began where some of Penfolds finest wines were stored in Bins in Magill Estate, just 8 km east of Adelaide. Christopher Rawson Penfold and his wife Mary arrived in Australia from West Sussex, England, in 1844. The doctor was a firm believer in the medical benefits of wine. The couple planted a vineyard and made wine which Penfold prescribed to his patients from his medical practice on the eastern outskirts of Adelaide. As his clinic grew, Mary became more and more involved in running the winery and also oversaw viticulture and grape blending. So were the beginnings of what was to become Australia’s most famous wine brand