Penfolds Shiraz Bin 170 Kalimna Vineyard Block 3C 2017

Colour
A black core with a barely visible purple rim.

Nose
Classic Kalimna, with trademark red fruits and a familial old-worldliness.
Via: juniper and blackberry fruits, and raspberry stick and red liquorice flavourings.
And: a carbon black ‘sumpiness’/quince paste amalgam laced with a ferric/formic piquant lift.
Also: possibly oak-induced, barrel-fermented eugenol/pink peppercorn/fresh green-tobacco aromatics.

Palate
Viscous, Velvety, Voluminous. (Editors note: the BOLD V is deliberate) 
A ‘tannin tsunami’… riding a ripe and even wave across the palate.
Oak totally absorbed, allowing blueberry fruits and a black-pudding textural imprint to stake ownership during this phase.
An energetic tension impatiently awaiting to be… unleashed, tamed?!
Commands attention, requests little, appreciates your patience.