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96
/ 100
Campbell Mattinson -
96
/ 100
Huon Hooke
Red
Classification
Cabernet Sauvignon
Variety
1998
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
Australia
Country
South Australia,
Region
14.5%
Alcohol %
15 Plus Years
Cellaring
Scores
96 / 100"This monumental 1998 version of Bin 707 was tasted as part of the Penfolds Rewards of Patience tastings in 2007. I don’t have information of where each vintage is sourced from but I will fill that in later. This is a ‘wow’ wine. Mint and blackcurrant, strong and straight. Oak here has been majorly consumed – though what wouldn’t succumb to such a boom of gorgeous, dark fruit flavour? Big tannin, big minty fruit, quite phenomenal. Length and purity. A star. 2030."
- Campbell Mattinson
96 / 100
"Very deep, youthful colour and a very rich, fleshy, concentrated style with extravagant ultra-ripe but not overripe fruit aromas and flavours, not overtly cabernet-like but showing dominant ripe fruit characters plus the after-effects of strong oaking, typical of Penfolds Bin 707, and now very complex and layered. A very impressive wine, of density and high extract. Long term; superb"
- Huon Hooke
Tasting Notes
Bin 707 perfectly reflects the Penfolds ‘House Style’ through a cabernet sauvignon lens: intensely-flavoured fruit; completion of fermentation and maturation in new oak; expressing a Penfolds understanding of multi-vineyard, multi-region fruit sourcing. Bin 707 was first vintaged in 1964.
Full-bodied and with proven cellaring potential, Bin 707 retains a secure place among the ranks of Australia’s finest cabernets.
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity