Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon 2012

Scores

98 / 100

"Sourced from Coonawarra, Padthaway, Barossa Valley, Wrattonbully and the Adelaide Hills; the fermentation is completed in new American oak hogsheads, whereafter it is matured in those hogsheads for 14 months. There is amazing depth to the purple-crimson colour. Its full-bodied colours are nailed to the mast immediately the wine enters the mouth; it's strange how the cabernet of this wine marries with the American oak, providing the ultimate Christmas cake of aromas and flavours; one of its great strengths is the tannin structure that gives the wine its exceptional length (and mouthfeel along the way). Not made in '81, '95, '00, '03 and '11."
- James Halliday

97 / 100

"Deep red with a good purple rim, the bouquet unmistakeably cabernet but with no greener notes and surprisingly, lacking the degree of overt oak that this wine usually displays on release. That said, there are definite licks of background mocha, chocolate and coffee, all oak-matured effects. The palate is very full-bodied and dense, concentrated and rich, the core of sweet blackberry and blackcurrant fruit surrounded by an amplitude of tannin. It has tremendous depth and persistence, and a finish that is smooth and harmonious. It's great to see a young 707 in which the fruit is doing most of the talking. The rich fruit has soaked up the 14 months worth of 100% new American oak. Spectacular stuff."
- Huon Hooke

96 / 100

"Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon is matured for 14 months in 100% American oak. Fruit for this release was sourced from the Coonawarra, Padthaway, Barossa Valley, Wrattonbully and Adelaide Hills regions."
- Campbell Mattinson

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