Penfolds' Bin 407 is glossy yet fresh in 2022, with great purity of fruit due to the cooler sites they source from. This is the 'baby 707', and shows Penfolds expertise with Cabernet at a more approachable price. This vintage is a blend of fruit from Coonawarra, Wrattonbully, McLaren Vale, Padthaway, Barossa Valley and Adelaide Hills. This is a brilliant buy, with plenty of rich cassis, dark chocolate, fresh mint and pencil shavings. There's some creaminess from oak, but the bright fruit dominates.
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The 2022 Bin 407 Cabernet Sauvignon hails from a range of regions in South Australia (Coonawarra, Padthaway, Wrattonbully, McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley) and matured in both French and American oak. This wine appears to have become more elegant over the years, and right now, the fruit is evident within the folds of sweet oak. The wine is detailed, fresh and herbal yet populated with lashings of sweet fruit. There is a nice see-saw of experience here. There is balance in a loud mix. 14.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.
Quite aromatic. Quite fragrant and like fermented blackcurrant pastilles. Round and flattering. Much richer than most Cabs. No angularity. Round and long with masses on the mid palate. Less luscious than the 707 and approachable earlier, although it has no shortage of tannin.
It’s not as opulent or immediately expressive as the thrilling 2021 vintage, but this multi-region blend – taking fruit from Coonawarra, Padthaway, Wrattonbully, McLaren Vale and the Barossa – provides another very strong example of carefully defined varietal expression, and as Penfolds’ most modestly-priced elite Cabernet wine, represents good value. The nose is pretty, although the entry seems a bit thin before the fresh blackberry and sage flavours bloom in the mid-palate and persist, riding on the back of well-balanced tannins.
Maturity Young 2028 - 2059
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