Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2020

Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2020Penfolds 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. "Very

It drinks well young

"Classic Bindi line

Lovely expressive wine with buoyant creamy cassis and blackberry fruits

I10V3 and I10V5 - and the vine age is 14 to 21 years

"From one of South Australia's most historic vineyards (planted in 1912 and bottled as a single-vineyard wine since 1952)

with a pristine presence of vibrant black and red berries tightly knit with tight-grained oak and fine

a good finish and a good story to tell

reticent and coiled on release than usual for Bin 389

Both of these two things are the key ingredients to commercial farming

candied mixed peel

colonial vine stock material first imported to Australia by James Busby in 1832

The country's exceptional climate