Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2009

Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2009Penfolds 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 its original binning compartment at Magill cellars. "There is

Mild daytime temperatures and cool evenings across most of the ripening period allowed impressive flavour development

Yet it retains the plush fruit density of the estate with that effortless elegance on the palate

it doesn't need it's normal ten-year rule

Sweet cassis dominates the nose as one expects of a wine that is broodingly black/red oin colour

It's drinking well

Like the AWRI had a crack at Lamoresca's Rosato

quickly built a loyal following

black cherry and blackberry all in the action

Though the soils are similar to to Lilydale

Complex with pear skin

"One of the greatest of all New Zealand wines

85-year-old vines