Penfolds Koonunga Hill Shiraz-Cabernet 2022

Wine has a long history of being used as an early form of medicine to cure a wide range of ailments, so much so that in 1844 when Dr. Chistopker Penfold emigrated from the UK to Australia with his family and settled on the Magill Estate, the perfect place for a vineyard, he quickly planted French vine cuttings with the aim of making a wine to treat anaemia. This is how he and his wife Mary developed a type of sherry-style fortified wine for their patients. But it was so well received that, before long, they had to expand the winery and were encouraged to produce other types of wine. Penfolds’ excellence rests on their blends made from different varieties and regions, which has been the case right from the very beginning. All of their work is faithful to an accessible and fresh style that has led them to become one of the most representative wineries in South Australia. Among the wide range of wines they have been making in their 170-year history, Penfolds Koonunga Hill Shiraz-Cabern