1999 Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz
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The contrast between this and the preceding 1998 was mountain top and abandoned mine shaft. The fruit on this sings and sings. It tastes of blood and blackcurrant, plum and iron, rust and road and rain. Glorious. A wine that seems to marvel in its own phrases, the tannins punctuating the cursive flow of fruit with insouciant restraint, leaning almost into indulgence, but not quite. Exquisitely proportioned. Neil Beckett described this wine as 'almost like the ocean at night' and I wanted to kiss him, right there! Yes, just like an ocean at night. Breathtaking. (TC)
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Tamlyn Currin, jancisrobinson.com
About the producer
Penfolds is Australia’s most famous wine producer, known best for their iconic top wine, Grange. First produced commercially in 1952, Grange has since gone on to become one of the world’s most famous fine wines. In 2001, the wine was listed as an Australian heritage icon.