The Story
A wine of both quality and value full flavoured and creamy, with flavours of melon and peach and a hint of vanilla.
The Koonunga Hill name has carried Penfolds to the four corners of the wine loving world, offering an extraordinary combination of quality, value and consistency of style.
Founder, Dr. Christopher Rawson Penfold emigrated from England to Adelaide in 1844, bringing with him vine cuttings from the South of France. He establis...
Vintage 2012
Lower-than-average yields in Australia, as across much of Europe. This was blamed on high winds, drought and low fruitfulness resulting from the poor 2011 vintage. Quality, however, was much better than in the exceptionally damp 2011, with South Australia avoiding some of the weather extremes experienced by other states. Strong varietal typicality is a commonly cited feature of the 2012 crop.
