PenfoldsBin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
Limited availability
Dry, Full Bodied style of Caberent Sauvignon
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Limited availabilityDry, Full Bodied style of Caberent SauvignonAfter missing the 2011 vintage (when fruit for the required style and quality was not available), this remarkable house-style red returns with a release that retains a secure place among the ranks of Australia's finest Cabernets. Full-bodied, mouth-filling, complex, layered - Penfolds' 2012 Bin 707 is big in every way. Characters of blackcurrant and just-baked, spiced, chocolate fondant dominate with plenty of natural fruit sweetness. The tannins are present, but not overwhelming. The exceptional make and vintage conditions of the '12 will ensure this wine will live on for decades.
After missing the 2011 vintage (when fruit for the required style and quality was not available), this remarkable house-style red returns with a release that retains a secure place among the ranks of Australia's finest Cabernets. Full-bodied, mouth-filling, complex, layered - Penfolds' 2012 Bin 707 is big in every way. Characters of blackcurrant and just-baked, spiced, chocolate fondant dominate with plenty of natural fruit sweetness. The tannins are present, but not overwhelming. The exceptional make and vintage conditions of the '12 will ensure this wine will live on for decades.
- TypeCaberent Sauvignon
- Size750mL
- RegionMulti-Regional Blend
- Current Vintage2012
- Standard Drinks8.6
- Alcohol Volume14.5%
- Langtons ClassifiedExceptional
- CountryAustralia
- StateSouth Australia
- Brand NamePenfolds
- Wine MakerPeter Gago
- ClosureScrew Cap
- Wine SweetnessDry
- Wine BodyFull Bodied
James Halliday
Australian wine writer, critic and winemaker
Vintage 2012
98 points
Sourced from Coonawarra, Padthaway, Barossa Valley, Wrattonbully and the Adelaide Hills; the fermentation is completed in new American oak hogsheads, whereafter it is matured in those hogsheads for 14 months. There is amazing depth to the purple-crimson colour. Its full-bodied colours are nailed to the mast immediately the wine enters the mouth; it's strange how the cabernet of this wine marries with the American oak, providing the ultimate Christmas cake of aromas and flavours; one of its great strengths is the tannin structure that gives the wine its exceptional length (and mouthfeel along the way).
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Andrew Caillard MW
Member of the Dan Murphy's Wine Panel and Master Of Wine (MW)
Vintage 2012
97 points
Deep crimson. Classical ripe blackcurrant, dark chocolate aromas with malty, caramelised oak notes. Dense and vigorous with smooth generous cassis, praline malty vanilla flavours, rich sweet fruit complexity and plentiful gravelly tannins. Finishes chocolatey firm with superb mineral length and tannin plume. A wine of great presence modulated power and seductive balance. Elemental yet surprisingly supple and easy to drink now. A very convincing Bin 707. Best to hold and drink later.
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