1994 Penfolds Bin 389

Community Tasting Notes (31) Avg Score: 90.7 points

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  2/3/2022 - WineGuyX Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Wow, what an enveloping nose! Just brimming with ripe, mature black currant, blackberry and black cherry fruit, mint, oak and spice. Medium-full bodied with loads of super ripe blackberry and black currant fruit, cedary oak, spice and a healthy dose of mint! This has always been my favorite Aussie wine (Grange excepted) and this bottle is no exception. Fully mature and likely on the downswing, nonetheless this is full of life and fruit and shear deliciousness! what a beautiful wine. Why is there no "I LOVE it" button on Cellartracker? 96
  
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  5/9/2020 - SadEdjo wrote: 88 Points

  Good, solid, waxy cork, no seepage whatsoever. When initially opened it had dark plum fruit but an hour later, when drunk, it definitely browned displaying mostly secondary flavours of Worcestershire sauce, soya, cocoa powder. Very smooth, well-integrated tannins. This bottle was over the hill, hopefully because it was decanted too long before drinking. Drink what's left in your cellars now. Somewhat disappointing.

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  10/6/2019 - walsh wrote:

  Had 2 bottles last night with friends. As usual old Australian corks just fell apart. However the wine was great. Typical Penfolds. Surprisingly fresh. lovely fruit. Sweet. Lots of blueberry and blackberry flavour along with secondary flavours. Really nice.

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  3/9/2019 - red_man wrote: 88 Points

  almost opaque colour, powerful on both the nose and the palate, typical Penfolds style, rather extracted, very good but I have had better bottles, hopefully just the particular bottle

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  7/11/2018 - SINOPTICUS Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Bottle brought to a dinner party by a guest 11 years previously, it ended up in the oddments section of the cellar. With the very same guest in attendance at a dinner party recently, decided it was appropriate and fun to open....
  
  Cork broke in two. Carefully eased the rest of the cork out. It was still wine, with only a slight bouquet. Then decanted and it opened up magnificently. Fabulous bouquet, what a great wine! Quite like a really good Rhone from the Cote Rotie? Beginning to brown a bit at the edges, lovely structure, magnificent red fruits, cough sweets, no hint of oak, slight garrigue herbs. A real treat: my only bottle. If I did have more (a) I would be very happy, but (b) it is really ready to drink now, and I wouldn't want to keep it say another 5 years...... but strong proof that some of these wines really do benefit from ageing.
  
  Served with a chicken casserole, assorted roast vegetables. the 389 went fantastically well with the dinner.

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