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1998 Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon
- South Australia
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- $ 429 / 750ml
- Red - Rich and Intense
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Critic tasting note: "(2003) Sweet, ripe, very ripe and flashy, with mint-humbuggy new American oak and sweet cassis fruit. Californian I think. The palate is balanced and nicely weighted, quite rich and concentrated with loads of depth. Impressive." - 93/100, Tom Cannavan
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Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon [I9422851]
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1998 Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon South Australia
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1998 Penfolds, Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon, South Australia
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1998 Case of 6 Btls
Penfolds Cabernet Sauvignon Bin 707, Australia, South Australia
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Penfolds, Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon, South Australia - [[pre-arrival]], Cabernet Sauvignon, Australia
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Penfolds Cabernet Sauvignon Bin 707 1998 [Provenance Guarantee]
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Penfolds, Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon [Pre-Arrival]
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Highlights
- From South Australia, Australia
- Avg. Price (ex-tax) $ 429 / 750ml
- Red Wine – Rich and Intense
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Pairs well with Beef and Venison
Winery
Penfolds is Australia's most famous wine producer, best known for its flagship wine Grange, one of the most acclaimed wines in the world. The historic estate has pioneered the wine industy of Australia since its inception in th...
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About the Product
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- Producer Notes
- Inspired by the iconic jet that took it to the world. The rich and powerful Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon, our first commercial release of a single cabernet-based wine, is linked to Max Schubert’s dream of making a great Australian red wine that could last at least 20 years. During the ‘50s and early ‘60s cabernet sauvignon was mostly used for blending, but Schubert’s breakthrough with the varietal as a stand-alone wine came in 1964 with inaugural vintage. Early Bin 707s were typically open fermented under wax-lined header boards and matured in seasoned old oak (rather than new oak). The wine was not made from 1970 to 1975 (when fruit was directed to other wines) nor in 1981, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2011 or 2017 (when fruit of the required style and quality was not available).
- Drinking Window
- 2010 - 2020
Analytical Data
- Alcohol ABV
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13.5%
- Sweetness
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Dry
- Acidity TA
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6.6 g/L
- Acidity pH
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3.48
- Blend
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100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Production Attributes
- Maturation
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Oaked
- Oak Type
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American
- Winemaker
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Peter Gago
- Ownership
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Treasury Wine Estates
- Closure Type
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Cork or screwcap
- Vintage Notes
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The growing season started late in South Australia due to cool spring weather, although conditions were generally frost and disease-free. Early, very warm summer weather led to an early vintage, especially in northern inland areas, with excellent fruit quality across all regions. An outstanding vintage.
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- Ageing
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15 months in new American oak
- Producer Tasting Notes
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COLOUR Deep, dark red, almost opaque NOSE Concentrated creme de cassis and damson plums to the fore, with floral aromas in the background Nutty oak complexed by barrel-ferment characters.. PALATE 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
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About the Wine
Suggested Dishes to Pair With This Wine
- Dim sum, meat Starter Course
- Chinese
- Crispy aromatic pork Main Course
- Contains: chilli, garlic
- Chinese
- Blue Grey wing rib Main Course
- Marbled, tender and flavourful beef from the Blue Grey, a hybrid breed from Scotland and northern England
- Western
- Gouda Cheese Course
- Dutch
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1998 vintage
92 / 100
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When to drink: 2002 to 2018
1998 Vintage
Tasted: Jan 2003
(2003) Sweet, ripe, very ripe and flashy, with mint-humbuggy new American oak and sweet cassis fruit. Californian I think. The palate is balanced and nicely weighted, quite rich and concentrated with loads of depth. Impressive.
1998 Vintage
Tasted: Jan 2001
The rich blackberry, vanilla and toast nose sets you up for a lush, supple wine and this one does not disappoint. Full and dense, it offers rich black-cherry and cassis flavors on the palate, and a huge finish with fine-grained tannins. Very well poised for its size, it's approachable now. Nevertheless, it will be much more nuanced and show more finesse in 5–8 years. Keep for a decade or two, maybe more. To be released 5/01.
1998 Vintage
Tasted: Jan 2003
When to drink: 2010 to 2018
For completeness we may include critic scores in our aggregation that we do not display.
User Ratings
(14)4.5
14 ratings
Rate 1998 Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon
Excellent
1998 Vintage Saved: 16-Jul-2021
Great Australian cab showing the best of what the Coonawarra has. Ripe blackberries and red fruits , fine tannins but not too dry, led pencil, long finish. Still years ahead
Very Good
1998 Vintage Saved: 16-Dec-2019
Double decanted 3 hours. Deep red. Tinge of brown. Ripe nose of cassis mint. Same ripe cassis fruit on palate with layered depth. Supple but drying tannin. streak of acid unbalances the finish. Very good. typically Aussie. Drink now. 92
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Critics Score
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94 / 100
$ 439
2021
94 / 100
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2020
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2019
94 / 100
$ 455
2018
94 / 100
$ 490
2017
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2016
95 / 100
$ 525
2015
94 / 100
$ 390
2014
94 / 100
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2013
93 / 100
$ 1,000
2012
95 / 100
$ 431
2011
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2010
94 / 100
$ 360
2009
94 / 100
$ 200
2008
93 / 100
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2007
92 / 100
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2006
92 / 100
$ 537
2005
93 / 100
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2004
94 / 100
$ 385
2003
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2002
92 / 100
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2001
91 / 100
$ 382
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1999
91 / 100
$ 439
1998
92 / 100
$ 429
1997
90 / 100
$ 251
1996
92 / 100
$ 299
1995
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1994
91 / 100
$ 275
1993
91 / 100
$ 543
1992
91 / 100
$ 400
1991
93 / 100
$ 280
1990
94 / 100
$ 375
1989
90 / 100
$ 379
1988
92 / 100
$ 424
1987
88 / 100
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1986
91 / 100
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1985
86 / 100
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1984
91 / 100
$ 395
1983
89 / 100
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1982
91 / 100
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92 / 100
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91 / 100
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84 / 100
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94 / 100
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1998 Vintage: Australia Learn more
Vintage quality: Legendary
Current condition: Ready to drink
The 1998 Australian vintage was a massive success, particularly for the Barossa.
A cool spring gave way to a long, hot and dry summer. The dry conditions helped keep rot and disease at bay while a touch of rain at the end of the growing season relieved dehydrated gr...
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