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Wine Description
The Story
Reserve Bin A Chardonnay has evolved into a wine that is now a distinctive, single-region style in its own right, with acontemporary and expressive Adelaide Hills chardonnay persona.
Origin: Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Variety: Chardonnay 100%
Maturation: Nine months in French oak (40% new)
Penfolds Reserve Bin A Chardonnay has evolved into a wine that is now a distinctive, single-region style in its own right, with a contemporary and distinctive Adelaide Hills Chardonnay persona.
All fruit is hand-picked into small bins and then whole-bunch pressed. The juice is incrementally filled to barrel directly from the press and allowed to undergo a natural fermentation, sans inoculation. Every new and seasoned French oak barrique is its own unique 225-litre ferment. Enhanced mouthfeel and complexity is achieved by fermenting on solids, 100% malolactic fermentation (all natural).