[SOLD-OUT] Penfolds Bin 389 2010

A blend of grapes from the McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley, Wrattonbully, Robe, Coonawarra, and Adelaide Hills regions. 51% cabernet sauvignon, 49% shiraz. Spends two years in American oak, 40 percent of it new. Classic wine from a very good vintage.

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Tyson Stelzer 97 points!
"Depth and definition of fruit elevate 2010 among the great 389s of all time, displaying immaculate tension between concentration, vibrant lift and structural assuredness that make it both enticing right away and charge it with the stamina to live very long. Built around a core of Coonawarra cabernet and Barossa shiraz, with support from Wrattonbully, Robe, McLaren Vale, Padthaway and the Adelaide Hills, this is a 389 of such depth of colour that it barely shows a rim at all, and what there is of it is a luminescent purple. There is a core of immaculately ripe, sumptuous, even succulent fruit to the palate, yet eminently structured and impeccably poised, with beautifully fine and structurally honed tannins that promise to propel it very long into the future. A magnificent core of impeccably polished black cherries, glossy blackberries and liquorice straps retains a bright liveliness and monumental line and length. To quote Gago, "This is the Bin 389 we've been waiting for!""
Wine Taste Weekly, Feb 2013

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Campbell Mattinson 95+ points!
"There's so much granular tannin here it almost feels as though you can taste the sediment in it, as a young wine. Schubert would likely have approved. This is a determined style of wine. In terms of flavour, as is often the case with 389, cabernet is the main player. Blackcurrant, dust, chocolate, black olives, cloves and menthol. There's a lot of typical Penfolds vanillin oak here, and indeed when you swallow, it provides the final impression. The mid palate, interestingly, also carries a hint of fresh leather " an attractive flavour that can make some drinkers nervous. I know I always rabbit on about tannin, but the spread here is remarkable. There's a berry farm near where I live and they serve a concoction named Death by Berries. This wine reminded me of it. Blueberries, blackberries, raspberries and a syrupy mix of the three. This wine is very 389, very Penfolds... this tastes like a pinnacle release 389 to me. And when the aroma has evolved and the finish tidied itself up, perhaps even a great one."
Wine Front, 10 March 2013.

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Jancis Robinson 17/20!
14 months in new American oak. TA 6.6 g/l, pH 3.62. Super smooth, beautiful poise. Subtle oak integration. Light spiciness. Faultlessly drinkable " so appealing. It's sort of the antithesis of natural wine " really controlled and with a shiny sheen.
jancisrobinson.com, 28th June 2013.

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Country:

Australia

Region:

SA-(Other)

Variety:

Wine Red - Cabernet blend

Size:

750mL