Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon 1997 (1500ml)

Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon 1997 (1500ml)Bin 707 is Penfolds cabernet sauvignon Grange equivalent. The style relies on the riper spectrum of cabernet sauvignon flavours and tannins, is matured in new American oak and expresses the Penfolds policy of multi vineyard, multi region fruit sourcing. Named by an ex Qantas marketing man, Bin 707 was first vintaged in 1964. The wine was not made from 1970 to 1975 (when fruit was directed to other wines) nor in 1981, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2011 or 2017

Drink to: 2040

silken palate

together with a little almond meal and a hint of gravel

this is as close to perfection as one can imagine in terms of structure

backward in every respect

I’m not a wine maker and in those days you couldn’t go to school and learn viticulture

who would be hands-off

but it does it with a surge of buoyancy and density at the same time

It is fermented in a five-tonne oak barrel with an open-top fermenter

The unique calcareous clay soil

"Medium crimson-purple

Today his wines are some of the most highly sought-after in the world and are critically acclaimed both here in Australia and internationally