2020 Penfolds Bin 389

$68.95

Vivino Rating

4.3

A bold and age-worthy wine with ripe dark fruits, chocolate, and savory notes, often referred to as the "Baby Grange."

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About the bottle

Country

Australia

Region

McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley, Padthaway

Producer

Penfolds

Vareital

Cabernet Sauvignon

Vareital Composition

51% Cabernet Sauvignon, 49% Shiraz

Specifications

2020

Vintage

2042

Drink By

14.5

ABV

Vinification

Grapes are harvested from vineyards in the 3 regions noted above, and aged in American oak (33% new) for 12 months

Notes from critics

This has been called the "Baby Grange," a reference to Penfolds' 100-point flagship wine that comes in around the $800 per bottle mark. But this really stands on its own and could be a flagship wine for so many other producers. It's big, bold, and absolutely ageable for decades. Ripe dark fruits, chocolate, vanilla, and lots of savory notes, not to mention those chewy tannins. Take a bite into this beauty or cellar it for a decade or two. This is a brilliant specimen.

Looking in on the 389 can be "'can be," she says, parenthetically) a good insight into what we can expect from the upcoming Grange. Now, they are very different wines, no question, however, stylistically they have much in common and the illumination into the season that birthed the wines in each instance. Here, the 2020 Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz has consummate polish and sleek tannins, imbued as they are with graphite, black tea, licorice and resin. The fruit is pure and black and chewy... gorgeous wine. And it lives for decades. This has always been a collector's dream and continues so through this vintage. Highly recommended.

Very rich, ripe and intense, this has plenty of depth and is one of the strongest statements of Penfolds’ house style. Rich vanillin and sweetly spicy American oak on the nose, with chocolate, blueberry, violet, blackberry and iodine notes. The palate delivers quite approachable and supple texture, smoothly fleshy and inviting. Flavors of blackberry, blackcurrant and mulberry abound. Deep and ripe finish with nutty tannins to close. A blend of McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley and Padthaway.