Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2014 (Gift Box)

Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2014 (Gift Box)Penfolds Rewards of Patience tasting panel 2021 5 5 rating 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 with the richness of shiraz. It is named after

the bottling that expresses the house style to the fullest

It was aged for 12 months in 50+ y

a wine made from a single year that usually needs 10 years or more bottle age

and virtually dry

without the stalks

Whilst showing plenty of inky dark fruits

working together perfectly ripe citrus and melon-fruit

first released in 1996

the tannin and oak made to measure

after more than 40 vintages

Glaetzer was the power behind the throne of four Jimmy Watson trophies awarded to Wolf Blass in 1974

The wine is intense and lean in its profile