Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2019

Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2019Penfolds Bin 389 is often referred to as '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 by the legendary Max Schubert, this was the wine that helped forge Penfolds reputation with red wine drinkers by combining the structure of cabernet sauvignon with the richness of shiraz. It is named after its original binning compartment at Magill cellars.

mulberry and blackberry fruits with dark chocolate and slight stone fruit notes

a very intriguing wine on the palate - the fruit dances on the palate displaying fresh mature Shiraz fruit

"Saturated purple colour

The soft tannins and the flavours work very well here

Auburn Road Vineyard is on the western bank of the Tamar River in the north of Tasmania

chef de cave at Moët & Chandon

"Very smooth

And hard core wine lovers might even prefer the concentration and slumbering intensity of 2003

"Aromatically very expressive

Nestled in the heart of the famed 'terra rossa' strip of the Coonawarra region in South Australia

Then I tasted it

fine tannins and harmonious mouthfeel