Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2022

Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2022Tyson Stelzer Top 250 Australian Wines of 2024 Penfolds Bin 389 is often referred to as 'Baby Grange', in part because components of the wine are matured in the same barrels that held the previous vintage of Grange. First made in 1960 by the legendary Max Schubert, this was the wine that helped forge Penfolds reputation with red wine drinkers by combining the structure of cabernet sauvignon with the richness of shiraz. It is named after its original

the wines were transferred to French oak 500L barrels for maturation

apricot kernel and white peach with spicy integrated oak

there is the merest hint of heat

To quote Ken Gargett

It’s delicate and refreshing to taste

even if each uses the same grapes and same quality of grape

Jim and Anne achieved their pinot noir ambitions and added other varieties with plantings of pinot gris

it's seamless

and is part of Seppelt's iconic Drumborg vineyard range

fine loose knit tannins and al dente/graphite textures with generous fruit volume

about 80 km south-west of Melbourne and at an elevation of 120 m (390 ft)

Further study is definitely required