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17½/20
Penfolds Bin 169 Cabernet Sauvignon Coonawarra 2019
Coonawarra, South Australia, Australia169 is about regionality, Coonawarra, and the long-term, incremental maturation of the vineyards, in this case on Coonawarra's terra rossa soils. This wine spends 17 months in fine-grained French oak and opens with an opaque colour and cool, sweet herbaceous overtones and cassis. Red fruits mix with chalky, dusty notes and the underside of minerality; more mulberry fruit and red plums fill out the finish. Long and silky, the dense, sweet tannins already look tame, but this wine will still age gracefully. The Penfolds team suggests this will hold through 2050, and they have the experience to back that up. Definitely a sleeper in the Penfolds cabernet bin.Tasted: 10 October 2026Tasted by: Anthony GismondiPrices:| CDN | $452.00 | 750ml | select private and monopoly retailers |
Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon
