Jeremy Olvier 97 points!
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Wine Advocate 95 points!'The 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon 'Bin 707' is one of the Penfolds' flagship wines. It was aged for 15 months in 100% new American oak. Opaque purple/black, it exhibits a classic Cabernet nose of cedar, tobacco, spice box, black currant, and blackberry liqueur. Medium-bodied (13.5% alcohol) but dense and concentrated, with tons of black fruit flavor, the wine is tightly knit, structured, beautifully balanced, and very promising. It needs a minimum of 10-12 years of cellaring and should provide pleasure through 2040. Penfolds, arguably Australia's most famous winery, continues to perform at a high level under the leadership of Head Winemaker, Peter Gago.'
Wine Advocate #173 Oct 2007
'A long, seamless and very sophisticated cabernet despite its significant dimensions, structure and power. It opens with an intense violet-like perfume of aromatic cassis, blackberries and dark plums over dark chocolate and mocha-like oak, with meaty, briary undertones. Simultaneously very firm and cultivated, it's steeped in piercing flavours of blackberries, dark plums and cassis, and backed by very smart oak and robust, pliant tannins. It's long and savoury, with a lingering core of explosive dark fruit and dusty, dried herb-liked nuances. A genuine Bin 707. (Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Coonawarra, approx., 19.2/97, drink 2024-2034+)'
Jeremy Oliver
Country:
Australia
Region:
SA-(Other)
Variety:
Wine Red - Cabernet
Size:
1500mL
