Penfolds Club Tawny 750ml

Brand: Penfolds

Release Name: Club Tawny (Australian Tawny)

Wine Style / Type: Fortified Wine (Tawny)

Varietal: Primarily Mataro (Mourvèdre) and Shiraz, with Grenache

Age: Non-Vintage (NV) — Minimum Average Blended Age of 3 Years

Volume: 750ml Bottle

Alc / Vol (%): 18.0%

Country: Australia

Region: South Eastern Australia (Primarily Riverland and Barossa Valley, South Australia)

Cask Type: Matured in Seasoned Oak Hogsheads, Minimum Average Age 3 Years

Limited Edition: No (Penfolds' Standing Flagship Club Tawny Release, in Continuous Production Since the 1940s)

Award Winner: Not independently confirmed with a specific recent trophy — Penfolds' fortified range as a whole has been recognised by the Rewards of Patience tasting panel

Penfolds is one of Australia’s most prestigious wine houses, globally respected for its heritage and innovation. Bin 389 is among its most iconic releases, showcasing Penfolds’ mastery of blending and oak maturation.

Club Tawny has been a cornerstone of Australian drinking culture for nearly 60 years, tracing its roots back to the 1940s as Penfolds Five Star Club Tawny Port, and it remains one of Australia's favourite tawny styles today, blended from more than 200 individual components to ensure genuine consistency vintage after vintage. Since 1985, Penfolds has been identifying the best barrels of Club Tawny for additional maturation, forming the basis of the more premium Club Reserve Classic Tawny — but the standard Club Tawny remains the accessible, everyday entry point into Penfolds' broader fortified wine range, which stretches all the way up to the ultra-rare, decades-aged Grandfather and Great-Grandfather Tawnys. Fruit is drawn primarily from the Riverland and Barossa Valley, using a modified solera system for early release, and Penfolds selects a lighter-intensity fortification spirit specifically to let the primary fruit character shine through rather than being masked by heavier spirit notes. As Penfolds' own Fortified and Spirits Winemaker James Godfrey puts it, "Penfolds fortified wines retain the distinctive DNA of the original style, though we are continually and sympathetically evolving." It's an easy, well-priced classic — best paired with a cheese platter, dried fruit, dark chocolate or a good coffee.