Magill Cellar 3 Shiraz
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted rack of lamb, prime ribeye steak, aged hard cheeses
✨ Technical Specifications
Deeply tied to the folklore of Australian winemaking, this wine pays homage to the historic Cellar 3 at Penfolds' Magill Estate. It was in this very underground cellar that legendary winemaker Max Schubert secretly hid his experimental Grange vintages of 1957, 1958, and 1959 after being formally ordered by the Penfolds board to shut down the project. Crafted from the historic, low-yielding Magill Estate vineyard on the edge of Adelaide, this Shiraz is made using traditional methods, including hand-harvesting, open fermenters, and basket pressing. Unlike the multi-regional blends Penfolds is famous for, this represents a rare, single-vineyard expression of place, showcasing a more elegant, aromatic, and finely structured profile with seamless integration of French and American oak.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1844 by Dr. Christopher Rawson Penfold and his wife Mary at the Magill Estate in South Australia, Penfolds is one of Australia's oldest and most iconic wine producers. The estate achieved legendary international acclaim during the 1950s under visionary chief winemaker Max Schubert, who created Penfolds Grange and revolutionized the country's winemaking techniques. Driven by a celebrated philosophy of multi-regional and multi-varietal blending, Penfolds sources exceptional fruit across historic Australian terroirs—such as the Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, and Coonawarra—as well as select premier global regions. The house is universally revered for powerful, impeccably structured, and long-lived wines, led by its flagship Grange, Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon, and celebrated Bin series.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Shiraz 100%
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
14.0-14.5%