TN: Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 1999
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TN: Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 1999
Deep purple in colour, and dense. The nose shows a touch of menthol, lots of stewed dark plums, cocoa / chocolate, leather, and vanilla. The palate was quite savoury by comparison, with dried herbs and mocha adding to the flavours. Integrated drying tannins and a long finish. This was showing very well.
Wine, women and song. Ideally, you can experience all three at once.
Re: TN: Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 1999
Opened one myself over the weekend and concur with the above, has some time to go which is great as still have a few to go.
From memory think I paid around $30.00 PB for a dozen at the time which was good value back then, wont start the whole Penfolds VFM debate again however went from buying 3 dozen of Penfolds a year to none once the 389 crept over the $50.00 mark.
From memory think I paid around $30.00 PB for a dozen at the time which was good value back then, wont start the whole Penfolds VFM debate again however went from buying 3 dozen of Penfolds a year to none once the 389 crept over the $50.00 mark.