Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2000
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Created by the legendary Max Schubert - creator of Penfolds Grange - Bin 389 is often referred to as 'poor man's Grange' ('baby Grange' in the U.S.) because components of the wine are matured in the same barrels that held the previous year's Grange. First made in 1960, this was the wine that built Penfolds' solid reputation with red wine drinkers. Combining the structure of Cabernet with the richness of Shiraz, Bin 389 also exemplifies Penfolds' skill in balancing fruit and oak. A
classic Australian style with a clear Penfolds identity.
A defined fruit focus - ripe berry with spice with excellent trademark oak integration. Tannins are similarly ripe, and at one with the wine. Undoubtedly this wine has benefited from the inclusion of relegated Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon from this vintage. – Peter Gago
Medium red-purple; clean, dark blackberry and blackcurrant fruit aromas are suported by the typical well intergrated oak; there is considerable depth to the black fruit and dark chocolate flavours of the palate, which finishes with fine tannins. Cellar 2004-2015. 92 points James Halliday
