Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2004 (1500ml)

Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2004 (1500ml)Penfolds Rewards of Patience tasting panel 2021 5 5 rating Matthew Jukes Top 100 Australian Wines of 2008 Penfolds Bin 389 is 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

disease free site but warm

among others

these have been significantly enhanced by his own vast experience

The warm year brought higher alcohol with it (14

Drink with Carbonara

which at present needs extended breathing (3 hours+) to open out and reveal its beauty and give some indication of what it will have to offer in a few years time

From there

sappy and textural

Rain stopped abruptly in early August with only light showers observed throughout spring

yet infused with all of the enduring potential that its legacy embodies

whole-bunch fermentation and wild yeasts

but picked two weeks before Farrside