Description

Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon, South Australia, 2019

Grape:

100% Cabernet Sauvignon with 18 months in new American oak hogsheads. Fruit sourced from McLaren Vale, Coonawarra, Barossa Valley and Padthaway

Colour:

Dense red, with a dark core

Nose:

The unravelling begins - immediately laden with black olive and cigar-leaf cabernet appeasements.

Then allowing the florals to soar - violet, lavender and baby’s breath.

Accompanied by bursts of sea spray (41% McLaren Vale?) and formic (hint of barrel ferment?), iodine/haemoglobin.

Beneath the elution throughout - roasted meats in tandem with cinnamon bar/Dijon mustard seed.

Palate:

Certainly the sum of its parts…

McLaren Vale: front palate plushness, and sea spray.

Coonawarra: terra rossa red-dustiness, earth.

Barossa Valley: a solid core, and a drive that stridently lunges to the back-palate.

A mid-palate richness with layers of discrete regional cabernet tannins …In every sense, ‘well-connected’

Reviews:

"Sourced from McLaren Vale (41%), Coonawarra, Barossa Valley and Padthaway this vintage, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Bin 707 spent 18 months in 100% new American oak hogsheads prior to bottling. Scents of vanilla, cedar and celery seed seamlessly swirl around dark notions of cassis, plum, coffee and cocoa. There's a touch of mint, but it fits well within the context of the wine. Full-bodied, concentrated and rich, this wine looks to have at least two decades ahead of it. The finish is truly special, with beguiling hints of maple syrup balanced by a smooth, enveloping wash of softly dusty tannins."

97/100 points, Joe Czerwinski, Wine Advocate, July 2021

"No 2020 vintage made. 8 months in 100% new American. 41% McLaren Vale (including 6% from Block 42), 36% Coonawarra.
Oak and fruit both at the forefront – a great double-header. This brings everything together that makes Penfolds great – the boldness, the oak, the stippled tannins, the persistence. Dark and savoury on the length." (RH)

19/20 points, Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com, December 2021

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