Penfolds Bin 2 Shiraz Mourvèdre
Like Bin 8, I’ve never seen Penfolds open a bottle of Bin 2 to show it off, yet this blend of shiraz (81%) and mourvèdre (19%) from the Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale is well-crafted, appealing and fruit-focused. Blackberries and black cherries are along for the ride, amid lifted notes of violets and the layered cool vintage pepper and fennel crunch of 2011. Mourvèdre lends an earthy overtone and a coarse rusticity to the tannins. Its fruit loses its focus somewhere along the way, but it retains its seamless balance, in an earlier drinking style.
By Tyson Stelzer
27 Feb 2013
Tyson Stelzer is a multi-award winning wine writer, television host and producer and international speaker. He was named The International Wine & Spirit Communicator of the Year, The Australian Wine Communicator of the Year and The International Champagne Writer of the Year. He is the author and publisher of seventeen wine books, contributor to many wine magazines, a frequent judge and chair at Australian wine shows and a presenter at wine events in 12 countries. TysonStelzer.com is your link to wine recommendations, book sales, tours and events.
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