The Vintage Journal Penfolds Collection 2022

2019 Penfolds Bin 149 Cabernet Sauvignon Wine of the World – Napa Valley & South Australia

G 97

United States & Australia

Deep crimson. A profoundly complex wine with beautiful dark cherry, blackcurrant mocha aromas, hints of rose garden and graphite. Dense and richly flavoured with pure blackcurrant/ black cherry fruits, fine loose-knit bittersweet chocolaty textures, well balanced mocha/ vanilla oak and fresh long mineral acidity. Finishes cedar firm with seductive dark fruits. Very impressive wine with presence, potential longevity and finesse. Maturation for 17 months in new French (80%) and new American (20%) oak. Drink 2024–2040+. 14.5% alc

2019 Penfolds Bin 600 Cabernet Shiraz Napa Valley, Sonoma and Paso Robles California, United States of America

G 96

Deep crimson. Complex dark chocolate, chinotto, blackberry pastille, hint raspberry aromas with wax polish notes. Richly concentrated, voluminous and smooth with seductive blackberry pastille, blackcurrant, roasted coffee, mocha/ malt flavours, fine grainy/ cedar-like tannins, lovely mid-palate volume and fresh long acidity. Finishes chocolaty firm and long. A lovely wine with ample sweet fruit notes, richness and torque. Maturation for 17 months in new (40%) and seasoned American oak. Drink now to 2038. 14.5% alc

2019 Penfolds Bin 704 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley, California

G 93

United States of America

Deep crimson. Very fragrant mulberry, boysenberry, blackcurrant pastille aromas with dark chocolate, hint black olive notes. Smooth and velvety wine with plentiful choco-berry fruits, sweet vanilla/ spicy oak, fine-grained textures and long fresh lacy acidity. Velvety smooth wine with very good density, raspberry glacé sweetness and aniseed/ red liquorice notes at the finish. This is a full-bodied, distinctive Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon with its core of sweet fruit, palate weight and suppleness. The Penfolds style lurks in the background somewhere. 100% maturation in new (40%) and seasoned French oak. Drink now to 2035. 14.5% alc

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