[SOLD-OUT] Penfolds Bin 707 2009 (Minor Damaged Label)

Wine Front 93+ Points!
"Oak! Hello. Lots of it. Sweet, complex aromas of fancy new US of A stuff. Nougat, vanilla, coconut, cinnamon, Budweiser. Fruit does shine through and you get some eucalypt and mint notes too. Palate is herbaceous, then immediately awash with deep, dark berry fruits but I can't help note a persistent briny twang. It's a powerful wine destined to knock your socks off, but does find a modicum of calm with fine yet rapidly firming tannins and lift of fresh fruit driven acidity. Lots here now, but yeah, certainly needs time. Cut and swerve and punch. Formidable, but for release drinking? Well, for me too much at present, but, for many, muscular Nirvana."
Mike Bennie, Wine Front 2012

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Gary Walsh 93+ Points!
"Tasted in the privacy of my home. Roast coconut, nougat and vanilla ice-cream oak, American of course, and I don't quite know how it works here " but it does. There's mixed ripe berries of all colours, some mint and chocolate " plenty of ripe, almost juicy berried fruit, but there's a disrupting underlying saltiness that pares back the freshness and nags quietly in the back ground " these pretzels are makin' me thirsty! Full bodied, with grippy firm tannin that offers good control and long-term shaping. Feels marginally dried out on the finish " though it's a long and good one. Potential, of course. Re-tasted 24 hours later and progressing according to plan " better integration and freshness " it will become a very good 707."
Gary Walsh, Wine Front Apr 2012

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Country:

Australia

Region:

SA-(Other)

Variety:

Wine Red - Cabernet

Size:

750mL