Penfolds - Bin 150 Marananga Shiraz 2022

Ray Jordan

Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion

Jeni Port, Winepilot

Andrew Caillard MW

Ken Gargett

James Suckling

A tight and focused young red with blackberries, dark chocolate and hints of spices. It’s medium-bodied with a creamy texture and a savory finish. Drink now or hold. Screw cap.

Decanter Magazine

The Marananga sub-region of the Barossa produces concentrated Shiraz of a particular style – dense, almost purple in colour, with a mineral richness that reflects plentiful ironstone in the soil to offset blackberry-accented fruit. The impressive 2022 vintage, characterised by low yields but a slow, even ripening period, shows off all these attributes handsomely, aided by a whiff of dried sage and cracked black pepper. A complex maturation regime – 16 months in a mix of different sized barrels made of French (18% new, 28% one-year-old) and American (14% new, 40% one-year-old) oak – produces a solid tannin profile, but there’s enough acid at the spine of this wine to carry the load through a long, persistent palate.

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2022 Bin 150 Marananga Shiraz is the point in the collection where the intensity of fruit and tannin really ratchets up in volume. While the wine is silky, it is also like a bottomless pool of flavor and concentration. This doesn't feel as bombastic as some previous releases I have tasted, which is an exciting relief; there are notes of blueberry and fresh blood, raspberry, licorice, graphite, dried lavender and tobacco. This is lovely—massive, yet lovely. It was matured for 16 months in a combination of French and American hogsheads and puncheons.

The Wine Front