Penfolds Bin 138 Shiraz Grenache Mataro 2012 750mL

Sourced from old, low-yielding Barossa Valley vines, blended just prior to bottling. 66% Shiraz, 23% Grenache, 11% Mataro from the Barossa Valley. 'All Barossa and largely western Barossa apparently. Love the spice on the nose - proper Barossa with a lovely juiciness to it too. Feels pure and light with some rubbery Grenache to finish. So real and Barossan. Shiraz and Grenache in the lighter form. I could smash bottles of this. Short to medium term joy. The most pure and unadulterated wine of this line and one of the best because of it. Really genuinely good.' – 93 Points. - Australian Wine Review, 28 Feb 2014, by Andrew Graham. 'If you want a value for-money cellaring wine, this is a must. I tasted the 1994 alongside this one and the old un was still going strong. This will be better, though it may reach its peak a little sooner. Generous and richly flavoured, with great intensity on the palate. Structured and poised with savoury, chocolatey fruit intensity.' - 94/100 - Weekend West, Perth, 15 Mar 2014, by Ray Jordan.