2022 Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz
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All edges and without edges. All knuckles and exuberance and all fruit and oak. A can-can chaos of joyous riotous fruit that will one day be the wine. Still candied, still unformed and yet in that anarchic rumble there is formidable structure and the promise of elemental lusciousness compressed into elegance. (TC)
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Jancis Robinson MW
Tamlyn Currin, jancisrobinson.com
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The 2022 Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz is a dense beast of a wine, and the many lovers of the style will will experience paroxysms of pleasure, in that this delivers the muscle, density and concentration of yore. It is powerfully tannic, abundantly fruitful and long through the finish. What more can be said of a wine like this other than that it is a firm style, made consistently year in and year out. Aniseed, nutmeg, cinnamon and malt populate the register of spices from the charry oak. This is a big, big wine. It is composed of 51% Cabernet Sauvignon and the balance Shiraz, sourced from a blend of McLaren Vale, Coonawarra, Barossa Valley, Padthaway and Wrattonbully. 14.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.
This is a delightful 2022 Bin 389, a blend of 51% Cabernet and 49% Shiraz fruit from McLaren Vale, Coonawarra, Barossa Valley, Padthaway and Wrattonbully. The 2022 is a benchmark vintage - effortless with effusive aromas of cassis, licorice and blackberry topped by a nice touch of graphite. Classically styled, with a firm base of tannins and vibrant flavors that nicely balance the finish that just goes on and on. A little shy right now, but everything is in its perfect place for a long and distinguished future.
51% Cabernet Sauvignon, 49% Shiraz from McLaren Vale, Coonawarra, Barossa Valley, Padthaway and Wrattonbully. Referred to as Baby Grange because it’s aged in some of the same barrels, seeing 12 months in American oak hogsheads (36% new). First made by Max Schubert in 1960. Scented, sweet, gloriously integrated. Lively treacle. Juicy and a dry end. Rich and married. Very complex. Biscuity. Very gentle initially but with a firm, dry finish. Long. Fresher than I remember! (JR)
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.