Penfolds; red, "Bin 150 Marananga Shiraz Barossa".
Category: Penfolds
"Bin 150 Marananga Shiraz Barossa" 2018; 75 cl.
29 January 2024
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Tasting Notes :
Penfolds Bin 150 Marananga Shiraz, 2018.
Producer tasting notes:
COLOUR : Deep, dark red
NOSE : An instant formic lift, elevating a mix of African/Middle Eastern spices cumin and
dried fennel flirting with aromas akin to soaked dill-pickle juice.
Less Marananga blueberry and juniper notes detected than normal,
yet so many other shiraz variants leap forward to entice. Intermittent wafts
of just-cooked pound cake and a cumquat/apricot-preserve strudel i.e. innocent fruits in tandem with other
‘niceties’! Oak? A forensic audit may uncover some carefully hidden nutty
and ginger notes derived from this source.
PALATE : A boysenberry/mulberry slurry, almost a coulis,
with a smidgeon of cola/creamy soda flavours.
Prominent tannins augment and propel an impression
of a svelte film of raspberry seeds/pips,
to heighten textural appeal. Supportive oak adds
weight contributing structurally yet hesitating
to add to the flavour-pool. An ironstone/ferrous (haemoglobin)
impression noted on back-palate."