ESF

9.5

Stunner - just dense & inky, brooding effusive nose of a berry compote, rich ripe saturated with pervasive spine of minerality, Herbes de Provence. Just jaw dropping. So soft & plush on palate, like sinking into an old Cadillac, crushed velvet, gobs of dark fruit, sweet baking spices, pepper and extraordinary length on finish. Tasted w/vintner prior to release (knew it would be epic) - drank & sold a lot of this. In the zone now w/many years ahead — 5 days ago

Jan de Weerd

9.2

Rich, with a very jammy edge. Lacking some backbone and started to become flat after two hours. Still an experience. — 12 days ago

with RoAnne and Tammy

Simon Gilligan

9.6

Amazingly plush fruited, blackcurrent, raspberry, violet, widely spread on the palette, licorice, a bit of sarsaparilla, spice, ripe pillowy tannin with great length. Great freshness given the spread of vintages in this. — 11 days ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Wine includes fruit from Barossa, McLaren Vale, Padthaway, Adelaide and Wrattonbully vineyards. Deep Ruby with aromas of dark berry fruits with earthy spice. On the palate ripe blackberry, plum and dried cherry flavors with cacao, espresso and black pepper. Fine ripe tannins, well balanced with acidity, long finish ending with fruit and spice, very nice! Drinking well now! — 4 days ago

Emily Kresie-Harrington

8.9

2018 vintage. 51 Grenache 43 Shiraz 6 Mataro. Definitely showing a lot of Grenache's tanginess. Stewed strawberry, tart cherry, red currant, plum, white pepper, fuzzy sage. — 11 days ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.5

Smoooooth and elegant!
Love it. — 4 days ago

Claus Bentin

9.4

Perfect time to drinking this Magnum 2007 Anaperenna..
Still lots of fruit and dark berries. The balance is fantastic.. — 5 days ago

Bob McDonald

9.1

A rich dark crimson in colour. A smoky creosote mocha aroma - plenty of charred oak. Sweet black fruits on the full bodied palate with blackberry and black cherry. A very Penfolds Barossa red. 2008 is the first vintage Penfolds made of the Bin 150. Marananga being a sub district of the Barossa and a noted source of old vine fruit. Typically, this is a pup, at 13 years of age and will cruise to 2030 and probably beyond. — 15 days ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.1

A multi region blend, fruit from Barossa, McLaren Vale, Padthaway, Coonawarra and Wrattonbully vineyards, aged 12 months in both French and American oak. Deep Ruby with aromas of dark berry fruits herb and spice. On the palate black cherry and blackberry with notes of cacao, espresso and herb pepper. Vivid acidity, ripe fine tannins, long finish ending with vanilla oak and spice, very nice! — 3 days ago

Byron Fuller

9.3

Lovely— very confidently New World but tightly wound classic style. Beautiful purity and delineation to nose and palate. Revisit in 8-10? — 19 days ago