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2017 Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz Magnum
Australian Release

2017 Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz Magnum

Sale price$160
/ 1500 mL

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This wine is imported from Australia. State import laws allow us to ship this wine to the following states: AK, CA, DC, FL, MA, MN, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, OR, SC, TN, WV, and WI.

Overview

Bin 389 was 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. Exemplifying the judicious balance of fruit and oak, Bin 389 highlights the generous mid-palate Penfolds in known for.
2017 Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz Magnum
2017 Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz Magnum Sale price$160

Awards & Accolades

97

Tony Love

"While most of the Penfolds big reds will be better enjoyed with a few years’ sleep and the magic of more bottle maturation revealed, this 389 is the “now” wine of the red siblings, lovely, assured and in the zone from the kick-off, yet capable of 20 more delicious years of faithful service as well. It’s the complete package, full-bodied yet sensitively blended, multi-SA regional cabernet sauvignon (54%) and shiraz, all from McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley, Padthaway and Wrattonbully. Fine cabernet aromatics sing first – blue to black berry crush, subtle forest and leaf tones - before shiraz richness and generosity kicks in and softens the styles classic chewy tannins. Superb harmony and high-volume intensity, ready, set and go."

96

Andrew Caillard, MW

"Medium deep colour. Fresh dark cherry, blackberry, herb garden violet aromas with praline notes. Inky textured and velvety smooth with attractive dark cherry, cassis, blackberry fruits, underlying mocha dark chocolate roasted chestnut notes, loose knit slinky/ grainy textures, integrated mineral acidity and a long inky tannin plume. Text book 389 showing the balance between power and elegance. Will develop well."

"Put simply, Bin 389 manifests all that is Penfolds… a wine that so many of us have grown with. This style extolls the wisdom of blending, as it does the synergies afforded by varietal and sourcing freedom."

– Peter Gago, Penfolds Chief Winemaker

2017 Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz Magnum

Taste Description

PALATE

Full and rich. A custom-fitted generous mid-palate – mandated for this marque. Flavours of a platter of charcuterie meats, pastrami dominating. Also vying for taste and textural attention – pomegranate, cranberry, Madagascan vanilla pod, liquorice straps. This wine’s youthful profile tempered by softened and even tannins – from start to finish. And the judicious use of new oak.

VINTAGE CONDITIONS

Growing regions across South Australia experienced a cool and wet winter and spring, conditions which provided the vines with good soil moisture profiles. Several longstanding rainfall records across South Australia were broken. Spring was typically windy, which caused some challenges with fruit set, however it warded off any danger from frost. The prevailing cool conditions extended the growing season with flowering and veraison occurring later than the long-term average.

Select regions took two weeks longer than usual from the advent of budburst to flowering. No heatwaves were recorded, with only a handful of days recording temperatures above 40 degrees. Warmer weather in March was welcomed, allowing grapes to finish ripening with great colours and varietal character."

The Bin 389 Story

Bin 389 is one of Australia’s great cellaring red wines. First produced in 1960, its history is connected with the development of Grange and Max Schubert’s ambition of creating a ‘dynasty of wines which all bear an unmistakable resemblance to each other’. Named after its original binning compartment at Magill cellars, Bin 389 is the most popular wine in the Australian secondary wine market because of its heritage, consistency and reputation.