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Penfolds Bin 180 Coonawarra Cabernet Shiraz Gift Box 750ml
Description
Penfolds Bin 180 Coonawarra Cabernet Shiraz binds the past and present. It encases progress, tradition, and spirit as a commemorative wine to mark 180 years of winemaking at Penfolds. Made with fruit from esteemed Penfolds vineyard blocks in Coonawarra, Bin 180 highlights the long-standing relationship between Penfolds and the region.
Tasting Notes:
Color: Enlivened deep purple-red, with an impenetrable core.
Nose: At once Coonawarra. At once Penfolds. Perhaps not as instantly recognizable as a Cabernet-Shiraz blend. A beguiling otherness,
verging on the exotic. As the cork is extracted an immediate pastrami ‘meatiness’ is propelled – piquantly laced with (sauerkraut) V.A. and Middle Eastern spices. A pour and swirl reveal an ironstone/carbon black/soot disposition that rationally transitions to more understandable ‘Coonawarra red dirt’ markers. And then, once rested, welcoming wafts of berried summer-pudding delights elude an amalgam of blueberry/blackberry.
Palate: Regal. Yet, without contradiction still youthful/bright/vivacious.
A mirror-image of nose – an honest cross-over. Chewy tannins wrap around oak/acidity/extract inducing a substantial, velvety mouthfeel. Indeed, one that is sensitively indulged by its conveyance in 100% 1-y.o. oak. All the right ‘ingredients’ for longevity, replete with a ‘solid core’ – a generous/bountiful mid-palate. No rough edges, a continuum of just so many flavours that linger and ‘thicken up’ in glass. Demands time and patience. Early days. Yet again, not quite Cabernet, not quite Shiraz. Turbo-charged Coonawarra. Special.
Alcohol: 14.5%
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