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95
/ 100
James Halliday -
94
/ 100
Campbell Mattinson
Red
Classification
Cabernet Sauvignon
Variety
1994
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
Australia
Country
South Australia, Barossa Valley
Region
14.5%
Alcohol %
15 Plus Years
Cellaring
Scores
95 / 100"Deep purple-red; a wonderfully fragrant, powerful and intense aroma proclaiming Cabernet Sauvignon at the height of its youthful power leads on to a formidable palate, crammed with fruit and oak, but with tannins to lose (as the Californians are fond of saying). Needs years to begin to give of its best but will sweep all before it before it is finished in its show career. Top gold medal winner at the 1997 Sydney Wine Show."
- James Halliday
94 / 100
"Tannin scorched. Lots of tobacco-like fragrance. Smells beautiful actually. Cassis, mouth-coating tannin, mint, tobacco and cloves. Huge grunt of flavour. A really good 707. Big and structured, oak-polished and statuesque. This needs to be assessed as a 20 year old."
- Campbell Mattinson
Tasting Notes
Intensely-flavoured fruit; completion of fermentation and maturation in new oak; expressing a Penfolds understanding of multivineyard, multi-region fruit sourcing. Bin 707 was first vintaged in 1964. The wine was not made from 1970 to 1975 nor in 1981, 1995, 2000, 2003 or 2011. Full-bodied and with proven cellaring potential, Bin 707 retains a secure place among the ranks of Australia’s finest cabernets.
Lovely complex cedar, blackcurrant, meaty, demi-glace, dried herb aromas. The palate is deeply concentrated with plenty blackcurrant, meaty flavours, underlying mocha, malt oak and chocolaty, ripe tannins. It finishes fresh and sweet; long and flavourful.
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity
- Smooth
- Complex