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Penfolds California Collection Cabernet Sauvignon Bin 704 2018
Napa Valley, California, United StatesBin 704 is how winemakers Peter Gago and Steph Dutton see Napa Valley cabernet through the Penfolds lens. It starts with perfect fruit and French barriques to craft a texture of finesse and power. The nose is aromatic, mixing dried herbs, espresso, and black and blue fruit. It is a middleweight with a freshness not so easily attained in Napa Valley. The attack is Napa cabernet firm with a whack of cassis, with savoury licorice supporting ripe blackcurrant sprinkled with cracked pepper, salami, and dusted in dark chocolate. Intense, long, and youthful, there is no hurry to drink this wine and given its balance and silky textures, I suggest it will live long into the 2030s. Bin 704 is the 'mirror' or reverse image of its Australian Bin 407 stablemate. They would make a fascinating duo to taste side by each. Gago reiterates that “There is California sun and California soil, but everything in between is Penfolds.” The wine is aged 16 months in 40 percent new oak split 80/20 between French and American, coopered in Australia. Some 85 percent of the fruit is sourced from Rutherford and Oakville, 15 percent from South Australia.Tasted: 18 February 2021Tasted by: Anthony GismondiPrices:| CDN | $99.99 | 750ml | West (Summer 2021); East (Fall 2021) |
Grape: Cabernet SauvignonUPC: 012354724389
