1997 Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz

Made from a blend of 51% Cabernet Sauvignon and 49% Shiraz, this wine was matured in a combination of new (24%) and used (76%) American oak for 13 months.Very deep crimson colour, almost opaque. Classic Bin 389 nose, combining the elements of vanilla, oak, blackcurrant and spice into a lifted, almost perfumed nose. On the palate, the structure is tight, generous but not monumental. Flavours of ripe plums and blackcurrant are interwoven with liquorice, spring oak and reinforced by some fine tannins which tend to linger very long into the aftertaste. Sweet plums, vanilla, liquorice aftertaste. Cellar 8 to 10 years.