Penfolds' most impressive Cabernet Sauvignon is the 1994 Bin 707. This murky plum-colored, blockbuster, backward, exceptionally tannic Cabernet displays abundant quantities of blackberry and cassis fruit, a heavy overlay of toasty vanillin from new oak casks, and mouthsearing levels of tannin. Although the wine is closed, it is firmly-structured and enormously-endowed in the mouth. Cellar this offering for 2-4 years, and consume it over the following 15+.
This winery continues to turn out an insipid selection of white wines, but the reds are all noteworthy, and some are reasonably good values.
Importer: Southcorp Wines North America, Monterey, CA; tel. (408) 655-4848