Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
Bin 707 is a Cabernet Sauvignon reflection of Grange: intensely-flavoured fruit; completion of fermentation and maturation in new oak; expressing a Penfolds understanding of multi-vineyard, multi-region fruit sourcing.
Full-bodied and with proven cellaring potential, Bin 707 retains a secure place among the ranks of Australia’s finest Cabernets.
Barossa Valley, Padthaway, Port Lincoln.
$849.00 each
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Cellaring:
Enjoy now or to 2042.
Nose:
Nothing if not ‘complex’! At first it certainly doesn’t shout Cabernet-teriyaki, Japanese sauces (beef and sweeter mushroom stock), nori. Sea-spray/shale/seaweed/iodine to the fore. But if in doubt delve closer – trademark Block 42 Cabernet pungency coupled with passata (tomato) aromatics ascend to sign-off on a 100% varietally pure pedigree. Barely perceptible oak (but 100% new!) aligns with scents of boardroom worn-leather to convey this wine’s many non-fruit derived credentials. All the above coalesce with an odd transient waft that surely must come from a bakery/patisserie – freshly baked vanilla sponge in particular. No? Really?!
Palate:
Saturated dark fruits – blackberry and blackcurrant with flourishes of aniseed and black bean. A clearly demarcated oak core – radiating structural and flavour appendages that afford impressive palate weight and depth. Localised (top of mouth) peripheral/fringe tannins in cohorts with a balanced acidity deliver to palate length expectation. ‘Made to measure’ layers of unadulterated Cabernet flavours, a noticeable grip, and a deceptively complex mouthfeel, construe to tick any remaining boxes. Watch this space – an unnamed yet learned source has already suggested that this vintage could be a Bin 707 sleeper? Word’s out…
Varietal Composition:
Cabernet Sauvignon
