95 Points - Andrew Caillard MW

"Deep crimson. Aromatic wine with fresh dark plum, blackberry aromas with praline, mocha, herb garden notes. Generous and supple, almost plush in dimension, with sweet dark plum fruits, elderberry, liquorice notes, fine chalky chocolaty textures and underlying sweet vanilla hint marzipan oak notes. Finishes chalky firm, long and sweet. Archetypal Penfolds wine with superb ripe fruit expression, oak complexity and strong Barossa voice of place. Really good wine with the density, richness and balance to last the distance."

93 Points - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

"Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2015 Bin 150 Marananga Shiraz has decadent blueberry pie and crème de cassis notes with touches of milk chocolate, baking spices and dried mint. Full-bodied, rich and seductive in the mouth, it fills the palate with voluptuous, spice-laced black fruit and finishes on a minty note."

93 Points - Huon Hooke

"Very deep, dense red/purple colour. The bouquet is classic Barossa shiraz: chocolate and dark plum, rich and fleshy, ample tannins and smooth texture. A big, solid wine with plenty of structure and grip. Power plus. Concentration as well as balance."

93 Points - Campbell Mattinson

"Substantial red wine and such a smooth operator. All the plums and the pleasure. Chinese five spice, soy, crushed ants, curry leaves and kirsch. Oak plays a role, and an important one, but the fruit keeps pushing through it. Tannin folds like velvet through the back half of the wine. Some volatility but basically the wine is pure silk. "

92 Points - James Halliday

"Matured for 16 months in French oak (18% new) and American hogsheads and puncheons (25% new). The power of Marananga instantly asserts itself, as does the (described by Peter Gago) 'formic/volatile acidity pulse linked with powdery tannins massaged by lively acidity'. Left of centre, I wonder where this will go."