Penfolds 60th Anniversary Limited Release Cabernet Shiraz 2018 (1500ml)

Penfolds 60th Anniversary Limited Release Cabernet Shiraz 2018 (1500ml)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 binning compartment at Magill cellars. To honour

strongly flavoured (for a pinot noir) and then keenly structured

complex and streamlined with longer maturation

and has been rewarded with an abundance of show medals and trophies

"All about subtlety and finesse

wonderfully ripe but dry

Dark cherry and cassis amid gently leafy notes

Touches of brioche underneath nuances of yellow tropical fruit

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boiled lolly and seaspray notes with a (gentle) cider-like edge

Chardonnay from the Top Paddock has always had a different growth structure than our normal Chardonnay blocks

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Demand for their wines soon outstripped supply and in 1998 Tim and his wife Lara Kirk purchased the 20ha block next to Clonakilla and planted Shiraz and Viognier on the warm North East facing site