Penfolds - Bin 149 Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 (750ml)
Price: $185.00
Sale Price: $175.00
| Producer | Penfolds |
| Country | United States |
| Region | California |
| Varietal | Cabernet Sauvignon |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Sku | 1703389 |
| Size | 750ml |
James Suckling: 97 Points
Lots of blackberry currant light chocolate and hazelnut. This is rather dense and plush but shows impressive layers of tannins that have a rough-velvet texture. Juicy and intense fruit. The grapes come from the AVAs of Rutherford Calistoga Oakville and then spread across Napa. 14.9% comes from South Australia. A global wine. In the end it?s nicely toned and curated. Needs three or four years to come together. Try after 2025.
vVinous: 96 Points
The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Bin 149 is a blend of fruit from Rutherford Calistoga and Oakville plus 15% South Australia Cabernet. Inky deep and unctuous the 2018 is a total knock-out. Although quite opulent and rich in feel the 2018 also has tons of backing structure to balance things out. All the elements come together effortlessly. It was aged in 100% new oak 80% French and 20% American.
Wine Advocate: 95 Points
A good portion 85.1% of this "Wine of the World" comes from America. In fact the American component all comes from Napa. "There are some great vineyards going in here" Peter Gago informed me. "We are buying some fruit for this but most of it comes off our own vineyards." By "own vineyards" Gago refers to the considerable land holdings of Treasury Wine Estates which now owns such iconic Napa names such as Beringer Sterling Vineyards and Stags? Leap Winery. The major component of this component 28% comes from Rutherford with the other components "cherry picked" from across the Napa region. So that is the American wine part of this wine. The remaining 14.9% of this wine is from Australia?A1 grade Aussie Cabernet Sauvignon from South Australia to be precise. Then the wine was fermented in barrel like Grange using 80% American oak and 20% French oak 100% new. It was matured in the oak for 16 months. Deep garnet-purple colored the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Bin 149 slips gracefully out of the glass with notions of wild blueberries blackcurrant cordial and mulberries with an undercurrent of Indian spices sandalwood cigar box and dusty soil plus a touch of garrigue. Full-bodied rich and decadently played in the mouth it has firm rounded tannins and bold freshness supporting the voluptuous layers finishing long and spicy. The adaption of some of the Grange "formula" (for want of a better term) of winemaking seems to lend more of an Australian style to this wine although there is no mistaking the Napa Cabernet fruit profile in all but the texture of the tannins which are more typical of Australia. It's a true chimera! 1393 cases were made.
