Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2019 3L

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. Deep crimson. Fresh blackcurrant, mulberry, black cherry, dark chocolate aromas with roasted chestnut, cedar, liquorice notes. Full bodied and evenly balanced wine with inky cassis, mulberry black cherry fruits, fine grainy slightly grippy tannins, attractive mid-palate volume and roasted chestnut cedar wood notes. Finishes vigorously firm with plentiful sweet fruit notes. Quite muscular in attack but has the density and the richness to carry the tannins. A dark horse vintage with the shape of Bin 389 and the torque of Bin 707. – Andrew Caillard MW, 96 Points The Finer Details Style – Red Wine Varietal – Cabernet Sauvignon 53%, Shiraz 47% Country – Australia Region – McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley, Padthaway, Coonawarra, Robe, Wrattonbully Vintage – 2019 Bottle Size – 3L ABV – 14.5%