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Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2017

Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2017

97 POINT RATED JAMES HALLIDAY & TONY LOVE PENFOLDS LEGENDARY BIN 389 CABERNET SHIRAZ

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Why to buy:

  • 97 POINT RATED JAMES HALLIDAY
  • 97 POINT RATED TONY LOVE
  • 96 POINT RATED ANDREW CAILLARD
  • PENFOLDS BABY GRANGE AUSTRALIA'S MOST COLLECTED WINE

Specifications:
Vintage: 2017
Source/Region:

McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley, Padthaway, Wrattonbully, South Australia
Grape Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon
Cellaring: Drink now or cellar up to 10 years
Bottle Top: Stelvin
Alcohol Content: 14.50
Standard Drinks: 8.60
Rating: 97
Tasting Notes:

Full and rich. A custom-fitted generous mid-palate – mandated for this marque. Flavours of a platter of charcuterie meats, pastrami dominating.Also vying for taste and textural attention – pomegranate, cranberry, Madagascan vanilla pod, liquorice straps.This wine’s youthful profile tempered by softened and even tannins – from start to finish. And the judicious use of new oak.

Technical:

Bin 389 was often referred to as ‘Baby Grange’, in part because components of the wine are matured in the same barrels that held the previous vintage of Grange. First made in 1960 by the legendary Max Schubert, this was the wine that helped forge Penfolds reputation with red wine drinkers by combining the structure of cabernet sauvignon with the richness of shiraz. 

Exemplifying the judicious balance of fruit and oak, Bin 389 highlights the generous mid-palate Penfolds in known for.

Growing regions across South Australia experienced a cool and wet winter and spring, conditions which provided the vines with good soil moisture profiles. Several longstanding rainfall records across South Australia were broken. Spring was typically windy, which caused some challenges with fruit set, however it warded off any danger from frost. The prevailing cool conditions extended the growing season with flowering and veraison occurring later than the long-term average. 

Select regions took two weeks longer than usual from the advent of budburst to flowering. No heatwaves were recorded, with only a handful of days recording temperatures above 40 degrees. Warmer weather in March was welcomed, allowing grapes to finish ripening with great colours and varietal character.

Accolades & Awards:

97 Points - James Halliday

"Like most of its siblings, is complex and compelling, the bouquet setting the scene, and the palate filling it. Black fruits, gently vanillan oak, superfine but persistent tannins are but the start."


97 Points - Tony Love


96 Points - Andrew Caillard MW

"Medium deep colour. Fresh dark cherry, blackberry, herb garden violet aromas with praline notes. Inky textured and velvety smooth with attractive dark cherry, cassis, blackberry fruits, underlying mocha dark chocolate roasted chestnut notes, loose knit slinky/ grainy textures, integrated mineral acidity and a long inky tannin plume. Text book 389 showing the balance between power and elegance. Will develop well. "


94 Points - Campbell Mattinson

"So here we are again. In the 175th year of Penfolds. A new edition of Bin 389 in the glass there. The pitch, it’s perfect. Scrunch gum leaves and super ripe blackcurrant, vanilla cream and red licorice all together and then snap them fresh, and strap them tight. There’s tobacco here, there are violets, there’s kirsch. It’s bold, it’s not without elegance, and it’s hard not to conclude that it’s pretty much bang on. "


94 Point Rated

Angus Hughson 


94 Points - Nick Stock James Suckling

"This sits in the typical, just cabernet-dominant style (54%) and marries cassis, blueberries, leaves and cedary-dominant aromas with more substantial blackberries and dark cherries, as well as redder tones at the finish. The regional sourcing here is cleverly played and delivers a fleshy, soft and smooth wine in 2017. Long, vanilla-laced after-trail."


92 Points - Robert Parker

"The 2017 Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz is only 54-46 in favor of Cabernet Sauvignon, yet it shows pronounced mint and cassis aromas. The Shiraz is more apparent in the mouth, where it fills out the full-bodied palate with velvety richness and plush tannins before fading a bit quickly on the finish. This vintage includes fruit from McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley, Padthaway and Wrattonbully."


92 Points - Huon Hooke

"Deep, intense red/purple colour with a fresh, clean aroma of spices, blackcurrant and blackberry, the latter indicating the cabernet is more pungently varietal than usual. The tannins are slightly sappy and grippy, the wine has good intensity and length, balance and the oak is background. This is a sotto voce Bin 389 vintage."