Penfolds Bin 311 Chardonnay 2015 750mL

Tasting Notes

COLOUR Pale straw with green hues NOSE Citrus notes, compliments of Tumbarumba. Also appealingly apparent - apple, nashi pear, grated cucumber salad, snow pea and just the faintest floral undertone. A captivating ‘sea-spray’ lightness ethereally hovers above this wine – airy, wispy, seductive. Whilst oak doesn’t intrude, complexing hybrid scents of wet oats and crushed biscuit no doubt arise from associated yeast lees batonnage in Bin 311’s compliant and well-seasoned French-oak barriques. PALATE Fresh nectarine and white stone fruit flavours prevail amid traces of (calimyrna?) fig. Hints of almond meal, unsalted cashew/brazil nut… with a beguiling creaminess and Chardonnay ‘waxiness’ texturally enlivening mouthfeel. Palate closure stylishly activated via a defined line of slate-like/mineral acid