10A Reserve
⏳ Drikkevindue
2021 - 2026
🍽️ Mad & Vin-match
Roasted chicken, creamy mushroom risotto, grilled lobster with butter
✨ Tekniske specifikationer
Penfolds Reserve Bin A Chardonnay (with specific landmark releases designated by codes such as 10A) represents the pinnacle of cool-climate South Australian white winemaking. Sourced entirely from the Adelaide Hills, this single-region Chardonnay is crafted to showcase a contemporary, highly sophisticated style. The grapes are hand-picked and whole-bunch pressed directly into French oak barriques for wild fermentation, followed by regular battonage to build texture and complexity. The style is defined by its striking minerality, vibrant natural acidity, and complex, flinty 'matchstick' reduction. The '10A' release in particular solidified this wine's reputation on the global stage, demonstrating how beautifully these precise, elegant Chardonnays can age while maintaining their intense citrus and white stone fruit core.
🍾 Om vinhuset / producenten
Penfolds blev grundlagt i 1844 af dr. Christopher Rawson Penfold og hans hustru Mary på Magill Estate i South Australia og er i dag et af Australiens ældste og mest ikoniske vinhuse. Ejendommen opnåede legendarisk international anerkendelse i 1950'erne under den visionære chefvinmager Max Schubert, som skabte Penfolds Grange og revolutionerede landets vinfremstilling. Drevet af en berømt filosofi om at blande på tværs af regioner og druesorter udvælger Penfolds enestående druer fra historiske australske terroirs – herunder Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale og Coonawarra – samt fra udvalgte internationale topområder. Vinhuset er verdenskendt for kraftfulde, upåklageligt strukturerede og særdeles lagringsværdige vine anført af flagskibet Grange, Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon og den berømmede Bin-serie.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Chardonnay
🍷 Alkoholprocent (ABV)
12.5-13.5%