The Wine Club Saturday Tasting: Penfolds 2005/5/14

Year	Wine	Price	Rating
2001	Penfolds Thomas Hyland Cabernet, South Australia simple berry, acidic, touch of raspberry - so - ws	11.99	**
2003	Penfolds Bin 2 Shiraz Mourvedre, South Eastern Australia A very good vintage of Bin 2. Fragrant cassis, pepper, slightly sweet, long finish - so - ws	9.99	****
2001	Penfolds Bin 28 Kalima Shiraz, South Australia bluebeey, herbs, blackberry, coffee, long finish. 3.5 stars. - so - ws	14.99	***
2002	Penfolds Bin 138 Grenache/Shiraz/Mourvedre, Barossa Valley green tea, berries, cherry, tight - so - ws	15.99	***
2002	Penfolds Bin 128 Shiraz, Coonawarra mint, earth, pomegranate, orange peel - so - ws	17.99	***
2001	Penfolds Bin 407 Cabernet, South Australia Ah Be's Diaper (yellow, not brown), raspberry, acidic, blueberry, mildly tannic - so - ws	17.99	***
2002	Penfolds Bin 389 Shiraz/Cabernet, South Australia plummy, tannic, astringent, mint, tight - so - ws	17.99	***
1999	Penfolds Grange, South Australia blueberry, musk, very fragrant, like perfume, sugary, extreme complexity, chocolate, long long finish. Totally stylistic, one of a kind. Impressive. "Grange" rhymes with "range". - so - ws	199.99	*****
2001	Penfolds St. Henri Shiraz, South Australia juicy, concentrated plum, pepper, tar, complex, very long finish. Good price for this quality. Name is pronounced as Saint An REE. - so - ws	31.99	*****
2002	Penfolds RWT, Barossa Valley extremely concentrated, pepper, berry, long finish, not as impressive as 2001, more pepper, less complex. - so - ws	64.99	****
2001	Penfolds Magill Estate Shiraz, South Australia jammy, chalk, caramel, very concentrated, astringent, long long finish - so - ws	39.99	*****
2002	Penfolds Magill Estate Shiraz, South Australia plummy, acidic, much less complex than 2001, powerful with a floral finish - so - ws	39.99	****