[SOLD-OUT] Penfolds Bin 407 2017 (Cork)

 

"The grapes for this release were sourced from Padthaway, Coonawarra, Barossa, McLaren Vale, and Wrattonbully. It spends 12 months in a combination of French and American oak, only a small percentage of it new.

Bin 407 almost always wins me over. The lavender, the bay leaves, the blackcurrant, the sweep of smoky oak, the tannin sprinkled with dust. This is a wine of scaffolding as much as it is of flavour; it’s light-ish in cabernet terms but for me it’s presented more or less exactly as it should be. i.e. it’s built to evolve in the bottle." - Campbell Mattinson, Wine Front

 

"Nose: An aromatic umbrella sheltering all things cabernet. An immediate ascent of violet, mulberry leaf – laced with star anise, cinnamon, orange zest. Followed by varietal wafts of tomato ketchup, soy, iodine, and oddly, a Chinese spice/stock marinade. Not yet exiting this theme - sweet plum sauce, hoisin and roast duck crackling trepidatiously follows

Palate: Immediately more Tuscan than Bordeaux in cabernet character. Nevertheless, still very (South) Australian. Savoury, with a sour cherry grip ... and subtle cherry pip oak influence. Mouth-watering and succulent, yet still linear – tempered by appetising angular tannins. Darker fruits and green Spanish (stuffed) olive flavours further define the vintage, style. Neither a 2010 nor 2016 ... and not trying to be!" - Penfolds

 

Country:

Australia

Region:

SA-(Other)

Variety:

Wine Red - Cabernet

Size:

750mL