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 the only wine to make all three of my annual lists. [My Top 5 of the Penfolds Collection 2026]
Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.
Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.
