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 to forge Penfolds solid reputation with red wine drinkers combining the structure of Cabernet Sauvignon with the richness of Shiraz. Bin 389 also exemplifies the judicious balance of fruit and oak.
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Enjoy now or to 2036
Foods:
Char-grilled eye fillet with a pepper infused red wine jus accompanied by crunchy roasted vegetables.
Oak:
12 months in American oak hogsheads (53% new, 27% 1-y.o., 20% 2-y.o.).
Nose:
Much to intrigue here – a flash of baker’s sourdough rises above; beneath - crackling/crispy duck skin and basting juices.
Old-Garden fruits - rhubarb/quince/fig to the fore… New-Kitchen savouries, sesame oil/pinenut follow.
Pencil shavings oak, stylishly legitimised by a classic graphite/ironstone-metal blackness.
Smokey, gunflint, shale descriptors abound – a reminder that there’s more to Bin 389 than just crushed grapes!
Palate:
A tasting-slurry of red-currant/eggplant/black olive induce a darker/savoury flavour pool.
A generous mid-palate embalmed by integrated plush and ripe tannins.
The ferrics lurk - an iron-laden meatiness intriguingly verging towards a knife-sharpening stone primed with olive oil. What!?!
Varietal credibility redeemed by crème de cassis and blueberry fruits … but only just!
Varietal Composition:
53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 47% Shiraz