Penfolds
Block 42 Cabernet Sauvignon 1996

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Wine styleDry, Full Bodied style of Cabernet SauvignonRegionBarossa Valley, Australia

About this product

The vintage conditions of 1996 provided Penfolds chief winemaker John Duval and his team the unique opportunity to create a one off special 'bin wine'. In the mould of other exceptional rare releases like the Bin 60A and Bin 7, the Block 42 Cabernet Sauvignon is a single vineyard wine from one of the oldest Cabernet vineyards in Australia. Deep red-purple in colour with intense blackcurrant, plum and chocolate aromas and a very concentrated with  cassis, plum, chocolate/vanilla with good tannins and loads of length. A wine that is becoming rarer by the year, don't miss out on this rare Penfolds one off.
Taste profile
Full Bodied
Full Bodied
Full Bodied
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Full bodied red wines have a noticeably textural mouthfeel with bold, complex flavours. Often deeply coloured.
Dry
Dry
Dry
Dry
Dry
Dry
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Dry wines have no trace of sweetness at all.

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Great Cabernet at fair price (back in year 2001)
Mike
10 May 2015 - Sydney, Australia
Excellent Cabernet, tasted this in 2014: very fine and smooth, fine grain tannin. Very steady from short to mid palate, notes of Menthol, Cassis, and Cedar, and Pencil Shavings. Unlike most Barossa fruit bombs, this wine is made for more ad

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