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Penfolds Cabernet Shiraz Bin 389text
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Penfolds Cabernet Shiraz Bin 389 2019

South Australia, Australia‘Baby Grange’ is used as a moniker for Bin 389 primarily because components of the wine are matured in the same barrels that held the previous vintage of Grange, i.e. one-year-old American oak. Wood aside, 389 has always been crafted as red wine with the structure you expect from a cabernet but the richness you find in a great bottle of shiraz. In 2019 the mix is 53/47 cabernet sauvignon/shiraz. It is a multi-regional blend involving Padthaway, McLaren Vale, Coonawarra, Wrattonbully, and Barossa Valley. This spends a year in oak (25 percent new). The winemaking team talks about black forest cake as a marker for this red, so if it didn’t have your interest before, it may now. Coffee, cola, chocolate, and spice penetrate the wine through the finish. It’s the textures that attract, so lush and smooth but all balanced by the appropriate acidity that keeps it fresh and humming along the palate. There is no rush to drink this wine; it will easily age for a decade and likely for another one after that. It is a very good 389.Tasted: 10 September 2021Tasted by: Anthony GismondiPrices:
BC$99.99750mlBCLS
AB$99.95750mlselect private retailers
SK$99.99750mlSaskLiquor
MB$99.99750mlManitoba Liquor Mart
ON$99.95750mlLCBO
QC$99.95750mlSAQ
NB$99.99750mlNBLiquor
NS$99.99750mlNSLC
NFL$99.99750mlNLLC
Producer: PenfoldsDistributors: Mark Anthony Wines and Spirits
Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon - ShirazCSPC: 309625UPC: 012354071209
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