1983 Penfolds Cabernet Sauvignon Bin 707

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 91.5 points

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  5/29/2016 - redmancge wrote: 88 Points

  Not sure of provenance bought long ago at auction kinda lost track of it. Thought I'd try Ahso to open.....mistake on this old cork pushed right in but whole and intact. Decanted lots sediment. Wine was typical "old Cab" nose but nice garnet color with slight bricking at edge. Drank over couple hours and fruit held up ok tannins fully integrated but definitely going or even gone over the hill but still an enjoyable experience to try this old an Aussie Cab. As said could have been provenance but I'd probably drink up if you still have it.

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  2/6/2006 - graemeg wrote:

  NobleRottersSydney - Old Penfolds night (Guillaume at Bennelong): {cork, 11.2%} This is clearly an older wine, with the colour fading to a brick red at the rim. The nose does indeed resemble old cabernet; there are cedary notes mixed with brambly notes, with a touch of herbs. The palate is mid-weight, the tannins soft, and the texture is ultra-smooth and even. Palate is well-covered; the wine is not hollow or hot at all. Persistent gentle finish; overall a lovely old wine. No need to keep longer.

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  6/22/2004 - Double-A Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Medium garnet leading to orange colour. Toast, leather, dried berry, tobacco leaf nose. Harmonious, rounding, well-integrated palate. Medium-bodied with dry, slightly dusty tannins, and a long elegant finish that picks up noted of earth and roasted nut. 11.2% alc/vol
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  9/5/2003 - graemeg wrote:

  Generally mid brick red, with some deep orange hues around the edge, this wine looked very healthy. (Level was at bottom of neck.) Decanted to a closed Zerutti ‘Turn’ half an hour before drinking, the nose offered a faint hint of blackberry, overlaid with wonderful cedary cigar-box aromas. This smelt uncannily like fine Bordeaux! The palate is now about silky textures, not fruit. ThereÂ’s a velvety sheen to the wine, tannins fully resolved into the gentlest of astringencies – no volatility to speak of but still wonderfully fresh. A wine whose nose you could savour forever, but where the palate is not a disappointment. Medium–bodied in weight, but with exquisite length, this wine is just so beautifully balanced. Surely at the absolute peak of development, and my best wine of the year so far. And the big surprise? It weighs in at an extraordinary 11.2% alcohol...

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