... So, I asked for a cheap one, and the salesperson recommended me this:
Name of Wine: Penfolds Koonunga Hill
Brand: Penfolds, Australia.
Location: It is located at South Australia, near Adelaide, slightly north east of Adelaide, and specifically, in Barrosa Valley.
Price:
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An Aussie wine worth a try
Advantages: cheap, a good young wine, flavour Disadvantages: none
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Name of Wine: Penfolds Koonunga Hill
Brand: Penfolds, Australia.
Location: It is located at South Australia, near Adelaide, slightly north east of Adelaide, and specifically, in Barrosa Valley.
Price:
A bottle will cost you about 4.50 to 5.50GBP. A bulk quantity would be cheaper. I find the price fairly reasonable compared to many other Aussie wines. I also find it a much better deal ... ...on the body, stating ‘ Penfolds Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet, and the vintage year’ There are a few more lines of sentences in small fonts and I can’t really remember what is it.
Type: Red Wine (I’m sorry xara, it isn’t white)
Contents: the wine has a 14% Alc.Vol and a 750ml capacity. Other vintages might have a 13.5% Alc.Vol. The wine is mostly made up of cabernet sauvignon, and the syrah grape. The cabernet gives ... more
I bought this wine for my dad from a local wine store to celebrate Father’s few months back. The shop sold 90% Australian wines, and I have no choice but to get one. I was quite reluctant actually to get one but leaving the wine shop empty handed wasn’t my style. So, I asked for a cheap one, and the salesperson recommended me this:
Name of Wine: Penfolds Koonunga Hill
Brand: Penfolds, Australia.
Location: It is located at South Australia, near Adelaide, slightly north east of Adelaide, and specifically, in Barrosa Valley.
Price: A bottle will cost you about 4.50 to 5.50GBP. A bulk quantity would be cheaper. I find the price fairly reasonable compared to many other Aussie wines. I also find it a much better deal compared to the Penfolds Ruby Cabernet (which I have done a review on it earlier).
Packaging: it does not come in a box, but if ordered in bulk, you might have either a cardboard box or a wooden box. The bottle is shiny black, with a red foil cap on the neck and a white plain label on the body, stating ‘ Penfolds Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet, and the vintage year’ There are a few more lines of sentences in small fonts and I can’t really remember what is it.
Type: Red Wine (I’m sorry xara, it isn’t white)
Contents: the wine has a 14% Alc.Vol and a 750ml capacity. Other vintages might have a 13.5% Alc.Vol. The wine is mostly made up of cabernet sauvignon, and the syrah grape. The cabernet gives the wine the tannins and most of its balance and maturity while the syrah gives it a little spiciness and perhaps, further balancing it when blended. Basically, Australians would call it Shiraz and not Syrah. The wine is claimed to have matured 9 months in French and American used oak barrels.
Tasting Notes: The wine which I had tasted was the vintage 1999
Colour – Mature red, average darkness of red on the rim. Medium to almost full bodied. Nose – Oakey, blackberry, nuts Palate – Oakey, Spicy, not very acidic, cinnamon, chocolates, berries Finish – Long, better than I expected. Ratings – 6.8/10
Comments: If you’d like a cheap good wine, this is one you should perhaps try out. Although I’m not a fan of Penfolds, I somehow would like to give credit to this wine. I’m not a fan of Aussie wines honestly. Of course, it can never be compared to the classic French wines, but for a cheap everyday drinking wine, and not a table wine, I don’t mind buying some of these cheap Aussie wines. As an alternative, if you’d like something cheaper and much better in quality, try the Wolf Blass Shiraz Cabernet instead. From Majestic Wines, you’ll be able to find it very cheap at 4.99GBP a bottle. Both Wolf Blass’s and Penfolds are equally good. In fact, both came from the same region too. They are just as good as French Vin de Pays. The wine goes down the throat quite smoothly, with little hints of vinegar. I’m sure it can be suitable for cooking too.
Recommendation: Serve at room temperature at 18-20 degrees Celsius, and decanting is not necessary unless being kept for sometime. This wine can be cellared up to 7 years so the 1999 vintage will keep till 2006. Serve in a typical red wine glass will do. There is no need the fuss to decide whether you should pick a Syrah glass or a Cabernet glass. This wine is good to go along with red meat, especially beef, or beef spaghetti. Alternatively, it will also go along well with your favourite hot dog or burger.
Awards: this wine range certainly has a good reputation, by winning the Great Value Wine of the Year 1999 at the 2001 International Wine Challenge in London.
If you'd like to know more, please visit www.penfolds.com.au. it's their official website.
So why not give it a try? In the end, I don’t think I regret buying this Aussie wine.
Advantages: Full complex flavours Disadvantages: Perhaps a little young,but well worth laying some down.
Penfolds wines are easily recognisable: plain white labels, the name Penfolds in red italics, and the rest of the script in black. Clear and unpretentious; stylish in a conservative sort of way. This wine usually costs about £6.99 in the supermarkets; I got this at a 20% discount in Tesco’s Aussie wine promotion. It seems to be on offer quite regularly. This is a price range where one is entitled to expect something good, although not necessarily ... ...type wines to alleviate this. Penfolds gradually grew and were a major producer by the 1920s, making mostly fortified wines and brandy. At the end of WW2 only 3% of Penfolds output was table wine, and the company’s growth into what it has become today stared with experimental plantings in the 1950s and continued through the 60s. This wine was first made in 1976.
This wine weighs in at 13.5% alcohol, which makes it a pretty hefty bruiser. I feel ...
Pihuan 04.05.2004 (20.05.2004)
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Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet from Penfold's is one of my favourite red wine.
What do I like about it is its price, at £5 a bottle, it is in the medium segment of the market but what you get for £5 is of exceptional quality.
I am French, and have spent 10 years of my life nearby Bordeaux. One could even say that prior to moving to England, I did not believe that any country bar France was able of producing good wine... Maybe apart from Spain and ... ...and wine in the same sentence I would have laugh at your face **remember I am French and therefore I am rude**
I was lucky enough one day to spend 2 month working for a canadian wine and spirit advertising agency which had within their portfolio Penfold's an Australian wine grower. Working there had its highs and lows, though you were encourage to taste the product you worked form
Originally, I took this as another low in the job, taste some horrible ...
FrenchCancan 23.12.2003
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Advantages: Tasty, goes with anything! Disadvantages: Makes you dizzy if you drink too much!
Okay, Australia has got an advantage when it comes to nice wines and it's hard to make a decision when faced with all those lovely looking bottles in the wine shop but you really must try this one.
I'm not much of a drinker (though my partner would have you believe otherwise!!) but I honestly could drink this with ANYTHING. It's such a lovely lazy drink which tastes far superior to any other general Aussie wine - in my opinion this is of course!
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lenni 21.05.2004
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