Penfolds

Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2015

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  Vintage 2015
  96 points Halliday Wine Companion

It''s a wine with a ''wow'' introduction. It throws beautiful, beautiful aroma. It''s distinguished by it. It''s sweet, pudding-like, like fresh vanilla, like lemon delicious. I went to taste this wine and couldn''t get past the nose; I just wanted to go on enjoying its aromatics. It''s smells every bit Penfolds but every bit itself. The palate is true to established form, with blackcurrant and bay leaf notes rigged to a powerful motor of tannin. Creamy/vanillin oak gets on with business too but again the fruit stares it down. From every angle this is a belter of a Bin 389. It''s best consumed any time between now and the apocalypse, or thereabouts.

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  Vintage 2015
  98 points MW

Deep crimson. Intense perfumed cassis, blackberry, nougat, praline aromas with herb garden notes. Beautifully concentrated wine with dense cassis, blackberry fruits, some brambly notes, fine supple dense chocolaty tannins, superb mid palate generosity and perfectly balanced roasted chestnut oak complexity. Finishes chocolaty with lovely bitter chinotto mineral length. A classic vintage with brilliant aromatic complexity, proportion and balance. The cabernet sauvignon sings while the shiraz hums. Very impressive wine with all the hallmarks of the Penfolds style. The lines between Bin 389 and its more famous compatriots are blurred. "Pound for pound", probably the wine of the 2017 release. 12 months in American oak hogsheads (32% new, 37% 1-y.o., 31% 2-y.o.) 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 47% Shiraz. 98 points. 2020 - 2040