Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2005

Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2005Penfolds Rewards of Patience tasting panel 2021 5 5 rating Penfolds 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

There's flesh and weight to the palate

fruit and densely populated tannins

The 8 hectare vineyard is located 6 kilometres north of Hamilton in the Henty wine region of Victoria

his hands now clenched tightly on the board room table

Broachable if intensely primary and youthful at this stage

Vintage 2015 was a near-perfect ripening season punctuated with weeks of warm dry days and typically cold nights lead to slow but steady favour development and perfect levels of natural acidity at harvest

Roederer changed its name and began purchasing Grand Cru vineyards in Vallée de la Marne

Spain was amazing

Wine Spectator Top 100 Wines of 2019

The gentle north-east facing slope lies immediately below the hills of the Bannockburn Gold Sluicings

Still no flicker of emotion

Red wines are also made by maceration and vinification on skins