The Reserve Bin A series Chardonnay, a pathfinder wine, was first vintaged in 1994 and is a by-product of the Penfolds flagship white wine (white Grange) project. This is a style of chardonnay that 'sits outside the square'. The wine is now made from 100% Adelaide Hills fruit sourced from up to 80 vineyards with a core provenance from 10 cooler vineyard sites. Individual, fine-grained, French oak barrels are selected for perfect integration, complexity, brilliant intensity and outstanding length. Penfolds Reserve Bin A Chardonnay has evolved into a wine that is now a distinctive, single-region style in its own right, with a contemporary and distinctive Chardonnay persona. All fruit is hand-picked into small bins and then whole-bunch pressed. The juice is incrementally filled to barriques directly from the press, and allowed to undergo a natural fermentation, sans inoculation. Every barrique undergoes is its own unique 225-litre ferment. Enhanced mouthfeel and complexities are achieved by fermenting on full solids, using a selective mix of new & aged French oak. The wine undergoes 100% malolactic fermentation (all natural), and is bottled unfiltered. "Generally speaking, a hot and dry year in South Australia, yet for those that ventured into the higher altitudes and cooler climates of Adelaide Hills, an unexpected silver lining." Peter Gago - Penfolds Chief Winemaker Penfolds Reserve Bin Chardonnay has evolved into a wine that is now a distinctive, single-region style in its own right, and an integral part of the Penfolds portfolio. All fruit is hand-picked into small bins and then whole-bunch pressed. The juice is run off into barriques directly from the press, and allowed to undergo a wild fermentation. Enhanced mouthfeel and complexities are achieved by fermenting on full solids, using a relatively high percentage of new oak. The wine undergoes 100% wild, malolactic fermentation. The fruit for the 2006 Reserve Bin 06A Chardonnay was sourced from cooler areas of the Adelaide Hills with the focus on individual vineyards from the Piccadilly Valley. – Penfolds Wines Penfolds Reserve Bin A Adelaide Hills Chardonnay Sort By: Default Title - A to Z Title - Z to A Price - lowest first Price - highest first Time Added - latest first Popularity - most popular first Sales - best selling first Penfolds Reserve Bin A Adelaide Hills Chardonnay - 6 bottle case 98 Points YWG Trophy Winner For Best Australian White London... $539.70   Ok