Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2020

South Australia

Australia, Australia

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Style: Red	Packaging: OCC
ABV: 14.5%	Closure: Cork
Organic:	Drink from: 2020
Biodynamic:	Drink to: 2045
Grapes: 51% Cabernet Sauvignon, 49% Shiraz

Critic scores

96 RP, 94 VM, 96 JS

Critic reviews

"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."
Erin Larkin, July 2021, RobertParker.com

"Saturated garnet. Pungent, spice- and smoke-accented scents of black and blue fruits, licorice, violet, coconut and smoky minerals. Juicy and impressively concentrated, offering intense blackberry, cherry-vanilla and bitter chocolate flavors that become sweeter and more lively with air. Finishes smooth and impressively long, with repeating blue fruit and spice character and harmonious tannins that add shape and gentle grip. All American oak, one-third of it new."
Josh Raynolds, September 2022, Vinous.com