Penfolds Cabernet Shiraz Bin 389 2016

Wine Advocate 91 points - The 2016 Cabernet / Shiraz Bin 389 is a blend of 51% Cabernet and 49% Shiraz, the least amount of Cabernet you’ll ever see in this bottling. It’s dark and stolid, with notes of cassis and blackberry along with touches of vanilla and cedar. Full-bodied and dense, it’s firmly in the Penfolds style and the style of this particular bottling, which always ages well, even if it’s not the flashiest or most flamboyant offering from Penfolds. At more than 14,000 cases for the United States, it should be relatively easy to find..October/2018 JH96 Australian Wine Companion A 51/49% blend from the Barossa Valley, Coonawarra, McLaren Vale, Padthaway and Wrattonbully, matured for 12 months in American hogsheads (37% new). Good colour, although not as striking as some of the other wines in the range; Likewise retains some elegance despite the clarion call of the cascade of fruit flavours. The fruit, oak, tannin and acid balance is impeccable, as is the length and drive