My personal Top 5 of The Penfolds Collection 2026
Not the best wines — the five I'd actually buy. Bin 707 the standout of the 2026 Penfolds Collection, two whites in the mix, and St Henri making all three years.
Penfolds Collection 2026: Ten Things You Should Know
Six years of Penfolds price data, read side by side. Grange frozen at $1000, per bottle. The wines worth your money, top to bottom. And more.
Penfolds Grange Alcohol Levels: A Vintage-by-Vintage Study (1951 to Present)
Every Penfolds Grange vintage's alcohol level, from the experimental 1951 release to now — compiled and tracked by Campbell Mattinson.
Grange La Chapelle 2022 rushed to market
Mattinson tastes and reviews the Grange La Chapelle 2022.
Ten Things You Need to Know about The Penfolds Collection 2025
10 things worth knowing about the Penfolds Collection 2025 — from a rare Grange price freeze to Penfolds' first French cabernet-shiraz blend.
My personal Top 5 of The Penfolds Collection 2025
These are my personal Top 5 selections from The Penfolds Collection 2025.
Penfolds Yattarna Chardonnay 2011 Review: Fourteen Years On
"It tastes like a six or seven year old wine, not a fourteen year old wine." Campbell Mattinson's 96-point review of Penfolds Yattarna Chardonnay 2011.
Penfolds Block 42 Kalimna Cabernet Sauvignon 1996 Review: 20 Years Later
Kalimna Block 42 grew Max Schubert's experimental Grange Cabernets in 1952 and 1953. Campbell Mattinson retastes the 1996 release, 18 years after his first review.
Grange La Chapelle: Penfolds and La Chapelle announce the birth of controversial $3500 super-blend
Penfolds Grange and La Chapelle, two of the world's most famous shiraz-based wines, have made a controversial super-blend named Grange La Chapelle. The Hill of Hermitage and various South Australian vineyards combine here to create a wine like no other.
Penfolds Bin 180 Cabernet Shiraz 2021
Penfolds Bin 180 Cabernet Shiraz 2021 is a special wine.
My personal Top 5 of the 2024 Penfolds Collection
I could throw a blanket over many of them but these are my personal Top 5 of the 2024 Penfolds Collection.
Penfolds Grange Shiraz 2020: Review & Mini Vertical of Penfolds Grange 2009, 1999 and 1989
The wines themselves are in great shape, more consistently excellent than ever, but the story of Penfolds has become about head office, about luxury for luxury’s sake, and about wine scores. The score is a story, for sure, but it’s everyone’s story and because it is, it eventually wears thin.
2024 Penfolds Collection: Analysis
The story of Penfolds has become muddled over the years but as the 2024 Penfolds Collection so ably proves, the Penfolds wines themselves are in great shape, more consistently excellent than ever.