Penfolds Yattarna Bin 144 Chardonnay 2018

Penfolds Yattarna Bin 144 Chardonnay 2018BWW (Best Wine of the World Competition) 2021 Best White Wine of World White Wine of the Year 2022 Halliday Wine Companion Awards Chardonnay of the Year 2022 Halliday Wine Companion Awards Penfolds Rewards of Patience tasting panel 2021 5 5 rating Yattarna 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

A lip-smacking spine of fine grainy tannins keeps this med-full bodied wine firm and finishing long

the first notes are of pink grapefruit coupled with almond

thanks to the cooler growing season

"It's not a big wine in flavour terms but it's a powerful one

"Penfolds St Henri Shiraz just simply is

nectarines and lemons

the general downplay of oak

so he never really re-emerged

There wasn't really a dud amongst the whole lot

intensely limey with some lemony notes and immaculate purity of fruit

Quintet (the five Bordeaux varieties) is the king of the portfolio

There could be some barrel involvement: it is not really fragrant in the floral sense