Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2009 Non-vintage little pinpricks of red fruited

little pinpricks of red fruited pleasure throughout

In an excellent place

Despite its colour this is a wine with yet plenty up its sleeve

then drink for a decade and a half

This throws off a charged mineral presence

Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2009 Non-vintage little pinpricks of red fruitedThe wine announces itself with charry, gravelly barrel derived characters then earth, leather and lifted dark, wild berry fruit. You get some five spice, herbal notes and game in there too. A big shopping list of stuff in the bouquet. In the mouth, choc mint freshness at first, then an impressive build of ultra polished, shiny texture that is lusciously fruited and concentrated and formidable. The wine does lift with mixed peel freshness of acidity