This is a class act

It has a beguiling bouquet

The equally cool and restrained medium weight flavors possess excellent structural ripeness as well as fine size

red cherry and sandalwood

And tannins are still much in evidence but there is a certain sleekness

Penfolds, Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz other_regions This is a class act51% Cabernet Sauvignon, 49% Shiraz. From Barossa Valley, Adelaide Hills, McLaren Vale, Clare Valley, Coonawarra. Aged 12 months in American oak hogsheads (37% new). TA 6. 9 g l, pH 3. 64. Rich bramble fruit with milk chocolate, sweet spice and a lovely fennel character on the mid palate. Firmly tannic, and with great persistence that moves into a very savoury finish after all that primary ripeness. Stately length. Just stays the right side of oak