Very deep, saturated red/purple colour, with mocha, espresso coffee aromas, charred oak adding to the panoply of empyreumatic nuances.The wine has tremendous concentration and fleshy richness, power and drive and mouthfilling properties. The tannins are firm and coat the mouth without being too assertive. A majestic shiraz.
Huon Hooke

"The powerful 2016 Bin 150 Marananga Shiraz managed to harness plenty of fruit impact and gives a clue to the style of Grange that we might expect from this vintage when it is released in 2020. For now the 2016 Bin 150 delivers the most handsomely powerful and attractive rugged red of this year's collection, packed with bold, and ripe dark fruits with deep-set power driving a long finish. For all this power, it feels almost effortless with such balance. The nose is all blackberries and tar, together with some iron and sanguine aromas and plenty of woody spices, black tea, raisins and an earthy, coal-smoke edge. There's a bold core of very ripe, dense and deep-set black fruit on the palate with dark plums, blackberry essence and a wealth of clove and cardamom spices. The tannins wrap long and super deep. The density here seems effortless. This has at least a decade of life ahead of it.

Matured for 12 months in American (25% new) and French (7% new) hogsheads and puncheons. Inky purple-crimson hue; lives up to the expectations year in, year out. American oak suits the style down to the ground viewed against the broad church of Penfolds red wines. The tannins are soft and integrated, allowing the palate to break free for an instant or two.

Medium deep crimson. Intense mulberry, cassis, blackberry aromas with underlying savoury ginger oak complexity and hints of sage and cloves. Well concentrated wine with dark plum, mulberry, blackberry fruits, slinky dry tannins, attractive mid-palate richness and ginger, mocha oak notes and some meaty complexity. Finishes chocolaty firm with bitter sweet chinotto notes.

Unlike the Kalimna Shiraz, which is a multiregional blend, the 2016 Bin 150 Marananga Shiraz comes from that specific subregion of the Barossa Valley. It's a clear step up and a lovely wine, with bold berry fruit flavours framed by cedar and vanilla. It's full-bodied and plush, with that generous Barossa Valley character married to the dense Penfolds house style.