Penfolds Bin 28 Kalimna Shiraz 2005 Wednesday, Mar 5 2008
Tasting Notes and Australia and Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale and Langhorne Ck and Variety and Red and shiraz et al
Again, the picture shows a screwcap but my bottle was sealed under cork. A blend of fruit from the McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley and Langhorne Creek. A nose of red plums and cloves, some pepper with chocolate and mint, but not in a mint slice kind of way. A strange combination of aromas but it was nuanced and very appealing. The palate showed red plums and quite a bit of red liquorice, dry spices and a dry finish. The length is very good, and the wine displays a nice richness but also had some lightness. This was drinking well on the first night (perhaps because it had a cork and not a screwcap) and rock solid on the next night - I reckon it should take some age.
Rated : 91 Points
Tasted : Mar08
Alcohol : 14.5%
Price : $20
Closure : Cork
Drink : 2008 - 2015
Source : Dan Murphys
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15 Responses to “Penfolds Bin 28 Kalimna Shiraz 2005”
March 5th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Sounds better than the wine I had from 3 different tastings.Will certainly retaste it too
but the 2005 was the first which I did not buy
straight away.simply missing the weight and generous flavour profile it usually got.
Cheers
Michael
March 5th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
How were the bottles you tasted sealed?
March 5th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
I think you’ve nailed it with the emphasis on “red” Lincoln, and this precisely where I think style has changed (witness Jules’ comments on another thread, regarding Bin 389). For me, Bin 28 was once all about “purple” (and not just the colour of the wine). In fact, I opened a ‘98 Bin 28 about two months ago and it was certainly reasonably dense and, wait for it, purple plums, not red ones. And there was much more newer oak showing. (I tasted under screwcap BTW).
March 5th, 2008 at 3:29 pm
Interesting. I am only an occasional consumer of Bin 28, drinking 6 bottles in the past 8 years, so didn’t notice the style change.
March 5th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
The oak treatment has definitely changed - much more cedary rather than vanillin for mine from, I think, 2001 onwards - though I also don’t drink it with sufficient regularity to proclaim any great expertise! I guess the fruit issues can be quite subjective.
March 5th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Wow, what a difference a cork can make.
March 5th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Does anyone in the know know how to tell from the label on the carton, or any other method, whether the bottles therein are screwcap or cork?
Came close to breaking at least one finger slipping it carefully so as to avoid damaging the carton between the flaps and checking the seal.
I’m hoping it’s not a really obvious method, so I don’t feel like a complete idiot
March 5th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
Ask a store assistant?
GW
March 5th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
The obvious solution, but in Dan’s? There is ONE guy at the closest store who really knows his stuff, and for some reason he doesn’t work the whole day there
I think someone before me DID ask a store assistant. That would explain the packing tape on some of the cartons.
March 5th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
Just open one of the flaps at the end to check. No one will mind, and if they do, shop somewhere else. They can always tape them up again. Serves them right for not knowing.
March 5th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Thanks Jules. Nice to know it’s OK. My knuckles are thankful.
March 6th, 2008 at 1:10 am
Hi Lincoln
All bottles had screwcaps throughout.
cheers
Michael
March 6th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
I take when commenting about screwcap vs Cork that you have tried a screwcap version as well? And was this more closed?
cheers
jezza
March 7th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
> I take when commenting about screwcap vs Cork that you have tried a screwcap version as well? And was this more closed?
No I haven’t tried the s/c version - I was just hypothesising out loud…
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:49 pm
The S/C version tastes and smells pretty much exactly as your note reads. Chocolate, mint, darker fruits and plum (pudding). Nice enough, warmish, but perhaps a bit inert. I’ll probably write it up later but about 90 for me.
GW