2004 Penfolds Bin 389

Community Tasting Notes (170) Avg Score: 90.5 points

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  4/15/2024 - barryjkeller@gmail.com Does not like this wine:

  Initially porty. Did open some after an hour-ish. Next day porty again.

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  1/1/2024 - David Meddings Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Dark garnet. Cassis nose with some oak. Palate shows cassis again with sweetness perhaps slightly too prominent although there is an acidic spine that balances and lifts the wine through the mid-palate and medium length final. Medium to generous body. Tannins well integrated although oak is perhaps too prominent here for some.
  
  Very enjoyable and drinking well. I doubt it will improve much although it will be interesting to see if there is some further resolving of the oak notes.

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  10/14/2023 - J Pas Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Very nice cab/shiraz. Drinking well now but likely has 3-5 years left in it

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  8/2/2023 - graemeg wrote:

  NobleRottersSydney - 2010 & prior (Fix, St James, Sydney): {cork, 14.5%} [DavidH] Blackberry and Ribena nose with subtle vanilla oak. A bit of a formula, but it works. Palate of black fruit, faint coconut. Doesn’t have the 20-year integration you used to find in last century’s vintages; lacks the polish somehow. Medium/full weight, low/medium powdery tannins. Medium length finish, but in a rough-and-ready way I don’t associate with this label. No real rush to drink this, but will it ever lose the edges?

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  7/22/2023 - AKC Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Beautiful 389. It needed to breath for 90 minutes. It had a slight bottle odour that disappeared completely with breathing. The wine still is a deep dark red colour. The wine was balanced with identifiable Cabernet flavours and drying tannins. It had lovely richness but not overripe. Drinking really well now and will hold up for at least another 5+ years

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