Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2006

Created by the legendary Max Schubert - creator of Grange - Bin 389 is often referred to as 'Poor Man's Grange' or 'Baby Grange', in part because components of the wine are matured in the same barrels that held the previous vintage of Grange. First made in 1960, this was the wine that helped to build a solid reputation with red wine drinkers. Combining the structure of cabernet with the richness of shiraz, Bin 389 also exemplifies Penfolds skill in balancing fruit and oak. A classic Australian style with a clear Penfolds identity.

‘Great colour, and as benefits the vintage, is an intense and complex wine of great breed; it has many layers of blackberry, blackcurrant, licorice, earth and chocolate, the powerful tannins in balance, the oak likewise.' - 96 Points | James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion.

'The Penfolds Bin 389 legend continues. Say what you will about Penfolds and/or Foster’ s … Bin 389 has soared on regardless. This year it’ s a blend of cabernet (52 per cent) with shiraz (48 per cent), matured in only twenty-two per cent new oak. Fantastic attack of flavour, grip through the finish, balance and harmony. Complete Australian red wine. Bold but restrained, herbal and vanillin but full of powerful, ripe, assertively dark fruit. The finish is long and satisfying and cabernet’ s rugged control keeps the wine’ s sense of ‘ flow’ strict and focussed.' Drink : 2012 - 2024 95 points Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front