Penfolds Yattarna Bin 144 Chardonnay 2020

Penfolds Yattarna Bin 144 Chardonnay 2020Yattarna Bin 144 Chardonnay was launched in 1998 with the 1995 vintage. The name was chosen to honour the 144 winemaking trials it took Penfolds to perfect their flagship white wine and marked a new chapter in the Penfolds story. The inaugural 1995 vintage was arguably the most eagerly anticipated white wine release in Australian history dubbed by the media as "White Grange", it reached the front pages of Australias national newspapers. Fruit

If Central Otago was the Côte de Nuits

Settle all this down with 16 months in French hogshead barrels

they also source fruit from their own vineyard in Gippsland which goes into the chardonnay under their Wickhams Road label

first-class growers from whom they had purchased grapes over many years

In 1988 Sebastiano died in a tractor accident and sons Marcello and John continued to manage the vineyard

Opened one on Xmas day

though if you look hard you see flecks of raw meat and soy and wheat - before they disappear

Adelaide Hills and Langhorne Creek

lemongrass and floral notes

all offering a different expression of Central Otago Pinot Noir

Time for change: the reintroduction of ageing in cork

"Penfolds 'Baby Grange' is in fine form for the 2022 release