Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2009 Non-vintage 40% pinot noir and 10%

40% pinot noir and 10% meunier

In an excellent place

but there's a real purity

little pinpricks of red fruited pleasure throughout

Flavors of fresh dark-plum pit hold long

Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2009 Non-vintage 40% pinot noir and 10%The wine announces itself with charry, gravelly barrel derived characters then earth, leather and lifted dark, wild berry fruit. You get some five spice, herbal notes and game in there too. A big shopping list of stuff in the bouquet. In the mouth, choc mint freshness at first, then an impressive build of ultra polished, shiny texture that is lusciously fruited and concentrated and formidable. The wine does lift with mixed peel freshness of acidity