Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2016
Penfolds-Bin-389-Cabernet-Shiraz-2016

Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2016

Sale price$107.95
Barossa, Coonawarra, McLaren Vale & Others, South Australia, Australia

Style: Red Wine

Varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon (51%), Shiraz (49%)

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Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2016

Camberwell

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Burke Road
Camberwell VIC 3124
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Producer: Penfolds

Country: Australia

Region: Multi Regional SA

Vintage: 2016

Critic Score: 96 and 18.5/20

Alcohol: 14.5%

Size: 750 ml

Drink by: 2045


Very full-bodied, rich, dense, concentrated. Massively structured and impressive, with great power - Huon Hooke

Penfolds Rewards of Patience tasting panel 2021 - 5/5 rating 

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. 

"Ah, now you've done it. Stop it, just stop it. You look at the Bin 407 release from this vintage and think: that's how it's done. And then you add Shiraz and call it Bin 389, and the palate is boosted, the length is still there, the tobacco notes still light up, and with vanilla and cherry-plum notes tickling the cassis into a riot it suddenly feels irrepressible, like the premiership's a cakewalk. It's not a John Holmes wine; it's not overdone. It' a wine to slip through your defences, is what it is. It's a cracker. This is why you blend cabernet with Shiraz."  Campbell Mattinson

The 2016 Bin 389 is a blend of 51% cabernet sauvignon and 49% shiraz from premium vineyards in Barossa Valley, Coonawarra, McLaren Vale, Padthaway and Wrattonbully. The wine was matured for 12 months in American oak hogsheads (37% new).

"Deep crimson. Intense dark cherry and blackberry aromas with mocha and vanilla notes. Dense and chocolaty with sweet dark cherry, blackberry and pastille fruits, plentiful pippy al dente tannins, mid-palate richness/viscosity and mocha espresso notes. Finishes chewy, dense and minerally. Warm, generous and powerful with expressive tannins. Peak drinking 2025 to 2045+. 

Wine region map of South Australia

South Australia

South Australian is responsible for more than half the production of all Australian wine. It is home to more than 900 wineries across 18 wine regions. The regions are Adelaide Hills, Adelaide Plains, Barossa Valley, Clare Valley, Coonawarra, Currency Creek, Eden Valley, Kangaroo Island, Langhorne Creek, McLaren Vale, Mount Benson, Mount Gambier, Padthaway, Riverland, Robe, Southern Fleurieu, Southern Flinders Ranges and Wrattonbully.

Many of the well-known names in the South Australian wine industry established their first vineyards in the late 1830s and early 1840s. The first vines in McLaren Vale were planted at Reynella in 1839 and Penfold's established Magill Estate on the outskirts of Adelaide in 1844.

South Australia has a vast diversity in geography and climate which allows the State to be able to produce a range of grape varieties - from cool climate Riesling in the Clare and Eden Vallies to the big, full bodied Shiraz wines of the Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale. Two of Australia's best-known wines, Penfolds Grange and Henschke Hill of Grace, are produced here. There is much to discover in South Australia for the wine lover.