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97
/ 100
Campbell Mattinson -
96
/ 100
James Halliday
Red
Classification
Cabernet Sauvignon
Variety
2006
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
Australia
Country
South Australia, Multi Regional
Region
14.5%
Alcohol %
15 Plus Years
Cellaring
Scores
97 / 100"Pure, deep and solid, with swish, sweet tannins and tremendous carry through the finish. It has a raspberried, dark soy–like sweetness, with flavours of sugared, stewed coffee through the aftertaste and a blast of pure blackcurrant. It’s a remarkable Australian cabernet. The finesse, the mouthfeel, the brooding length, the integration: everything."
- Campbell Mattinson
96 / 100
"An effortlessly luxuriant and pure wine, with juicy blackcurrant and cassis fruit supported by positive, but fine and ripe tannins; only Penfolds can use 100% American oak to such good effect. Great 707."
- James Halliday
Tasting Notes
Ignore the name, Bin 707 is the right hand man to Grange, hovering well above any other Bin wine on the Penfolds ladder " and a line of monumental releases confirms it. Penfolds has worked magic with 2008 cabernet on all fronts (read on) and in the grand scheme of international cabernet, 707 is the bargain of this release. Coonawarra, Barossa and Wrattonbully all play their part in building formidable power yet consummate control. Bang-on cabernet hallmarks of vibrant blackcurrants, tobacco, coffee and a lingering violet perfume smash into the most prominent oak of any Penfolds wine (100 percent new American). Surging, looming, exact.
- Tyson Stelzer
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity