1962 Penfolds Bin 60A Cabernet Shiraz

I was invited to the 2004 Yalumba Museum Tasting and asked my good friend [wine writer] Peter Forrestal, ‘What’s this thing I’ve been invited to in Sydney?’ He told me to get on a plane. “It will change your life,” he said. It did. It’s hard to choose a number one as we tasted great Burgundy, 1860 Sercial Madeira and

1915 Pol Roger, but this wine was awe-inspiring. I’ve still got my notes: ‘Signed by Max Schubert. Still with great fruit, length and good acid structure. Australia’s best-ever wine.’ It’s amazing to see how wine spans centuries, and survives wars and pandemics, while retaining its character.

It is truly one of our greatest human achievements.