Bin 09A
⏳ Drinking Window
2021 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted chicken, pan-seared scallops, creamy mushroom risotto
✨ Technical Specifications
Penfolds Reserve Bin A Chardonnay (with the '09A' designation representing the highly acclaimed 2009 vintage release of this series) is a benchmark cool-climate white wine that helped redefine modern Australian Chardonnay. Sourced entirely from the high-altitude, cool-climate vineyards of the Adelaide Hills, this wine represents a stylistic evolution toward restraint, elegance, and mineral tension. The grapes are hand-picked and whole-bunch pressed directly into French oak barriques for wild yeast fermentation. To build its signature complexity and creamy texture, the wine undergoes 100% malolactic fermentation alongside regular lees stirring, all while maintaining a precise, linear acid profile. This series has established a formidable reputation, showcasing how South Australian terroir can yield white wines of incredible sophistication and Burgundian-like complexity.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1844 by Dr. Christopher and Mary Penfold at Magill Estate in the Mount Lofty foothills, Penfolds represents one of the foundational cornerstones of Australian fine wine. Over nearly two centuries, the house evolved from crafting fortified tonics to pioneering modern multi-regional and multi-vineyard blending across South Australia's premier terroirs, including the Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, and Coonawarra. Soils span from rich terra rossa over limestone to weathered ironstone and alluvial clays under warm Mediterranean climates tempered by maritime breezes. Under the long-term stewardship of Chief Winemaker Peter Gago, the house adheres to Sustainable Winegrowing Australia standards while preserving an unmistakable house style defined by meticulous fruit classification, submerged-cap fermentation, and structured maturation in American and French oak hogsheads. Benchmark bottlings such as Grange (Bin 95), Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon, Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz, and Yattarna Chardonnay define the apex of collectible New World viticulture.
🍇 Grapes
Chardonnay 100%
🍷 ABV
12.5-13.5%