1990 Penfolds Cabernet Sauvignon Bin 707
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Plum colour, deepening from the earlier years, and holding its colour integrity from core to the outer rim. Cocoa bean, liqourice, mint leaf, eucalyptus, slate, this feels balanced and on signature of 707 Cabernet, tannins are smooth and pristine but starting to layer up, a litle awkward through the finish, muscular even at 34 years old age, grilled and charred. Double decanted just before serving. 100% new American oak, John Duval chief winemaker.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
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Wine was matured in new American oak hogsheads for 18 months. 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. Coonawarra, Kalimna Vineyard in Barossa Valley and McLaren Valley. Remarkably brilliant colour – a bit lighter than the other Penfolds 1990s previous wines. Nose is intense with persistent cool mint, black berries and very ripe raspberries. Like brushing your teeth with berries and mint – I feel refreshed and cool. Good fresh acidity, nice balance between alcohol and tannins. A bit of a spike in the mid palate – almost a bit peppery and then subsides into cool fruits. (VD)
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.