Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2009 Non-vintage but there's a real purity

but there's a real purity

From its aroma through its impressively dense and expansive palate display

it's seamless

40% pinot noir and 10% meunier

Despite its colour this is a wine with yet plenty up its sleeve

Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2009 Non-vintage but there's a real purityThe wine announces itself with charry, gravelly barrel derived characters then earth, leather and lifted dark, wild berry fruit. You get some five spice, herbal notes and game in there too. A big shopping list of stuff in the bouquet. In the mouth, choc mint freshness at first, then an impressive build of ultra polished, shiny texture that is lusciously fruited and concentrated and formidable. The wine does lift with mixed peel freshness of acidity