LAST October, Penfolds celebrated 175 years of winemaking heritage. To acknowledge this milestone, Penfolds released a new, rare wine from the 2016 vintage – Special Bin 111A Clare Valley Barossa Valley Shiraz 2016. Made in extraordinary circumstances, Special Bin wines represent the pinnacle of winemaking endeavour, using only the most exceptional fruit parcels from the very best regional sources.
It has been almost a decade since Penfolds last released a Special Bin wine, a testament to the quality, criterion and craftsmanship required to craft a wine of this stature.
Special Bin 111A is an impressively concentrated wine with balance and character, feasibly destined to become an Australian classic. It has already caught the attention of wine critics globally, lauded a perfect 100-point score from Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate, which means that this particular bottling has top scores for colour and appearance, aroma and bouquet, flavour and finish, and overall quality. The Wine Advocate by Robert Parker is heralded as a significant influence on seasoned wine consumers’ buying habits and trends worldwide.
“Bin 111A is an authentic Penfolds Special Bin, rare and true to the Penfolds ‘House Style’. Special Bins are pathfinding vintages and are only released if they offer something extra, different and unique. These wines make a very important statement about Penfolds and they also represent a heritage of curiosity, experimentation and Australian wine making innovation first started by Penfolds 175 years ago,” said Peter Gago, Penfolds Chief Winemaker.
It will be available in Malaysia in the second half of 2020.
