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Lot ID 0050-10739935
Part of Sale Curated Fine Wine Collection :: Penfolds Perfection
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Langton’s Classified: Excellent

Top Vintage

Created by the legendary Max Schubert - creator of Penfolds Grange - Bin 389 is often referred to as ‘Poor Man’s Grange’ or ‘Baby Grange’, in part because components of the wine are matured in the same barrels that held the previous vintage of Grange.

First made in 1960, this was the wine that helped to build Penfolds’ solid reputation with red wine drinkers. Combining the structure of cabernet with the richness of shiraz, Bin 389 also exemplifies Penfolds’ skill in balancing fruit and oak. A classic Australian style with a clear Penfolds identity.

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Region:
SA - Other South Australian
State:
South Australia
Country:
Australia

Expert Reviews

Huon Hooke, The Real Review - 95 points (Tasted Aug 2020):

"A glorious bottle of this lovely wine, which is probably drinking at its peak, but certainly shows no sign it won't maintain this level for years to come. Complex, bright, velvet smooth and very deep on the palate. There is matured complexity in spadefuls but also freshness and stacks of fruit. Drink: 2020–2030."

Bob Campbell MW, The Real Review - 95 points:

"Lovely dense, deep wine with ripe berry, spice, licorice and classy oak flavours. Long with great mouthfeel. A terrific balance with sweet fruit and ripe tannins gives a pleasantly drying finish."

James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion - 94 points:

"Powerful but silky smooth; elegance and fruit freshness beyond the normal; black fruits running through the length of the palate; ripe tannins, restrained oak. Another testament to 2002. Drink Now-2022."

Jeremy Oliver - 93 points:

"A stylish and relatively closed Bin 389 scented with dark plums and blackberries and dark chocolate-like aromas of sweet vanilla oak. Full to medium weight, it's long and smooth, with a rather shy palate of densely packed, pristine and lightly minty blackberry, dark plum and blackcurrant-like fruit tightly integrated with powdery and fine-grained tannins and smooth, lightly smoky oak. An atypical Penfolds, holding its cards close to its chest, but likely to age well. Drink 2014-2022."

Ralph Kyte-Powell, Epicure Uncorked ?????:

"Fans of Penfolds Bin reds have been eagerly awaiting the 2002 vintage and they won't be disappointed. The '02 Bin 389 looks the best of this line for some years. It's dense with aromas of blackcurrant, plum, dark chocolate and smoky-sweet barrel ferment. The long velvety palate has lovely concentration and balanced ripe tannins. Ageing? Drink over 10 years."

Paul Ippolito – 93 points:

"Lashings of blackberries, plum fruitcake, raspberries and blackcurrants still off the aroma base - a truly fruit focussed and centred red wine. Liquorice, dark chocolate and a distinctive earthiness also ensue but the fruit characters are the ones showing off. This red is still quite young and fresh, albeit the fruit is starting to meld together and some hints of secondary character are emerging. Ripe tannins, lingering long with blueberry and blackberry flavours with hints of allspice dominating on the finish. Good spicy oak, well melded and a lovely well roundedness and drinkability, albeit with a touch of warmth on the finish. Developing well and with a very good future in it. An excellent traditional Aussie red blend that showcases very well how the two varietals weave together seamlessly. I had this with oven baked lamb shanks and it went superbly."

Winery Tasting Notes

Notes Image Colour:

Medium-deep crimson.

Nose:

Intense dark chocolate, blackcurrant, mulberry, vanilla aromas with herb garden and mint notes.

Palate:

Well-concentrated palate with deep-set cassis, mulberry, plum, praline flavors, mocha, savoury notes, and fine-grained tannins.

Finish:

Classically firm with lingering savoury, sweet fruit nuances. Velvety smooth and balanced acidity.

Food Matches:

Beef, duck & game, lamb.

Medals & Trophies

  • Penfolds Rewards of Patience Tasting Panel (2021): 5/5 rating

    • Winery Profile

    Australia's winemaking history of less than two hundred years is brief by European measures though, like Europe, punctuated by periods of extreme success and difficult times. From the earliest winemaking days Penfolds has figured prominently and few would argue the importance of Penfolds' influence on Australia's winemaking psyche.

    Without the influence of Penfolds the modern Australian wine industry would look very different indeed. Sitting comfortably outside of fad and fashion, Penfolds has taken Australian wine to the world on a grand stage and forged a reputation for quality that is without peer.

    Penfolds' reputation for making wines of provenance and cellaring potential might suggest a mantle of tradition and formality is the preferred attire of a company with so much history to defend. But to label Penfolds as simply an established and conventional winemaker, would be to confuse tradition with consideration and to overlook the innovative spirit that has driven Penfolds since its foundation, and continues to find expression in modern times.

    If there is anything traditional about Penfolds, it is the practice of constantly reviewing the wines it already does well, and continuously evolving and refining styles as vineyards mature and access to ever older and more varied vineyard sites improves.

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    Other Information

    • 2002 vintage
    • 1 x 750mL unit
    • SA - Other South Australian, South Australia
    • Cork closure
    • 14.5% alc.

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    Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2002 (1x 750mL) SA.

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