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The Bin 169 is wonderfully distinct and balanced, the nose reveals layers of peppery spice and perfectly ripe blackberries that open up in the glass. Full-bodied the and intense The palate is full of ripe cassis, blackberry and wild herbs – at 14.5% abv this wine carries its weight well through to the finish. This 2022 has a vibrant energy that will give pleasure over the next 2 decades.
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Colin Hay, The Drinks Business
James Suckling
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This is really fantastic, with blackcurrants, blackberries, dark tobacco and cassis bush. It’s full-bodied and layered with gorgeous tannins that are caressing and focused. Plush texture, yet it’s focused, framed, bright and vivid. No hints of mint or eucalyptus. A classical approach to Coonawarra cabernet. Needs three to five years to really show its greatness. Best after 2027.
This wonderfully expressive 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Bin 169 Coonawarra is delightful with a powerful core of youthful, focused and energetic fruit still tightly bound. It then manages to balance layers of vibrant flavors with a significant load of tannins before tightening up on the finish. Embryonic today, but promises much over the next two decades.
100% Cabernet Sauvignon; the fruit sourced entirely from Coonawarra; aged for 16 months in hogsheads of French oak, 83% of which are new; pH 3.62; 14.5% alcohol). Fresh oak. Lithe, limpid and sumptuous with a more crystalline and spherical core than the other wines tasted thus far. Fluid, despite the density and concentration. Camphor. Liquorice. A hint of firework. Candlewax. Restraint. Lots of freshness presented very vertically on the finish, almost like fresh fire hydrants of fresh juiciness directed outwards from the dense core. Particularly impressive in this vintage
About the producer
Penfolds is Australia’s most famous wine producer, known best for their iconic top wine, Grange. First produced commercially in 1952, Grange has since gone on to become one of the world’s most famous fine wines. In 2001, the wine was listed as an Australian heritage icon.