2014 Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz
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Tasting Notes
53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 47% Shiraz. Barossa Valley, Wrattonbully, McLaren Vale and Coonawarra. Acidity 6.4 g/l, pH 3.67. 12 months in American oak hogsheads (53% new, 27% one year old, 20% two year old). This wine, aged in the wood that saw Grange the previous year, has overtaken Grange as the most cellared wine in Australia. Because of its pedigree it is always sold by the case and does well on the secondary market. Really rich and layered on the nose and sweet on the palate. This seems so much more interesting than the 407. Thick and textured – obviously styled for the very long term. Really refined with blueberry notes and lift. This ages beautifully, I’m told. Strange that it sells for the same price as 407. Very reverberant finish. Just affordable for younger wine buyers. Go for it!
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Jancis Robinson MW
James Halliday
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First made in '60, and for long called ?poor man's Grange', a strange name for a $90 wine. It's always been a varietal and regional blend, once matured in hand-me-down Grange barrels, but no longer. There is much conjecture about the amount of Dom Perignon made each year, and the same is true of this wine. A bottle number could cause embarrassment. It's seriously good, its palate of black fruits, licorice, oak and earth held tight by tannins as only Penfolds can make. Sep 2016, www.winecompanion.com.au
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Penfolds is Australia’s most famous wine producer, known best for their iconic top wine, Grange. First produced commercially in 1952, Grange has since gone on to become one of the world’s most famous fine wines. In 2001, the wine was listed as an Australian heritage icon.