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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, Barossa Valley
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
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.
Deep, dark red, almost opaque. Concentrated creme de cassis and damson plums to the fore, with floral aromas in the background. Nutty oak complexed by barrel-ferment characters. An opulent, flamboyant wine with definitive varietal characters: exaggerated blueberry/ blackberry fruit, but without jamminess, layers of flavour, obvious but balanced oak and pronounced, chewy, ripe tannins. Impressively long in flavour, without reliance
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity
- Smooth
- Complex