Penfolds

Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2010

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  Vintage 2010
  97 points www.tysonstelzer.com

Depth and definition of fruit elevate 2010 among the great 389s of all time, displaying immaculate tension between concentration, vibrant lift and structural assuredness that make it both enticing right away and charge it with the stamina to live very long. Built around a core of Coonawarra cabernet and Barossa shiraz, with support from Wrattonbully, Robe, McLaren Vale, Padthaway and the Adelaide Hills, this is a 389 of such depth of colour that it barely shows a rim at all, and what there is of it is a luminescent purple. There is a core of immaculately ripe, sumptuous, even succulent fruit to the palate, yet eminently structured and impeccably poised, with beautifully fine and structurally honed tannins that promise to propel it very long into the future. A magnificent core of impeccably polished black cherries, glossy blackberries and liquorice straps retains a bright liveliness and monumental line and length. To quote Gago, "This is the Bin 389 we've been waiting for!"

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  Vintage 2010
  97 points Ray Jordan's Top 100 Australian Reds July 2012

From Barossa, Coonawarra, Wrattonbully, Robe, McLaren Vale, Padthaway and the Adelaide Hills. I love the perfumed fruit of slightly floral violet and red berry. This is one of the finest of this great line I have tasted, showing such elegance with the qualities to age very well. It''s 51 per cent Cabernet and 49 per cent Shiraz.