Penfolds Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz Bin 389 750 ml
Country: Australia /
Region: South Australia /
Style: Wine /
Size: 750 ml /
Vintage: 2019 /
Sku: 30056
James Suckling97 Points
Decanter96 Points
The Wine Advocate93 Points
Suggested Food Pairing:
Barbeque
Beef
Game
Lamb
Reviews
James Suckling97 Points
Decanter96 Points
The Wine Advocate93 Points
JS James Suckling: 97 Points
A blend of 57% cabernet sauvignon and 43% shiraz, this has a very impressively complete feel, a hallmark of the 2018 vintage wines, and there’s a myriad of characters with cabernet’s cedary and gently herbal notes sitting atop a core of rich red-plum and dark-berry shiraz fruit aromas. So integrated. The palate has a very silky texture, so plush and polished with a wealth of rich and intense dark-plum, dark-berry and blackcurrant flavors. The oak is completely soaked with ripe, fresh fruit. This is a great Bin 389. Drink over the next two decades.
DC Decanter: 96 Points
Confident Cabernet (57%) leads this high-spirited, swirling dance, as a breezy wisp of blue and black berries waft over the earthy bulk of sturdy Shiraz. It’s a clever trick for such bright fruit to be contained by tannins in an interlocked embrace, without smothering the obvious exuberance of this marriage. Supple and nimble, it keeps shifting and changing in the glass. A truly beautiful blend.
WA The Wine Advocate: 93 Points
Hints of toasted coconut accent big cassis aromas on the nose of the 2018 Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz, which is a 57-43 blend this vintage. Full-bodied, with cherry flesh complementing the sterner cassis and tobacco notes, it's supple enough to be approachable now, yet with the concentration and requisite dusty tannins on the long finish to support more than a decade of aging.