Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz @ Corkscore

2019 Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz

2025-09-03T09:51:00Z

97 points - Deep inky red with purple glints. Densely woven aromas of clove and spice, charcoal, tar and all sorts of sump oil like complexity. Focussed, dense and prodigious. Firm, very lengthy. A profound wine that has years to go. Great latency.

Tasted on Wed, Sep 3, 2025.

2006 Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz

2024-12-31T10:27:26Z

96 points - Deep almost youthful purple red. Cabernet aromas. Quite evident, leafy, almost chocolatey, spicy, minty. A beautiful mouthful of wine, seamless, lush, tannins completely integrated and almost invisible within the fruit, enrobed.

Tasted on Tue, Dec 31, 2024.

2006 Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz

2024-09-20T11:50:47Z

91 points - Thhis wine seems to be drinking quite well at 18 years of age. But maybe it is past its best, as I have had better 389s over the years. This wine was okay, but less than its reputation. A bit porty and undistinguished.

Tasted on Fri, Sep 20, 2024.

2019 Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz

2022-11-12T06:07:59Z

95 points - Red fruit, some gravel like character on the nose. Slightly gritty, structural, long term style. Formidable. Needs more time!

Tasted on Fri, Nov 11, 2022.

2004 Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz

2022-05-20T12:52:29Z

94 points - Lovely drinking at 18 years of age. Balanced, complex and long with no over ripe flavours. Probably at its peak now. Perhaps not the best 389 I have ever had, but a great wine nonetheless.

Tasted on Fri, May 20, 2022.

2018 Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz

2021-11-28T10:34:27Z

96 points - Sooty, plummy aromas. Good density, concentration and compactness. Focussed and long term. Very good but this needs lots of time.

Tasted on Sun, Nov 28, 2021.

2018 Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz

2021-12-01T21:57:02Z

95 points - Long term wine. This is concentrated and hidden at the moment. There is promise here.

Tasted on Sat, Nov 20, 2021.

1998 Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz

2020-12-20T04:35:24Z

95 points - Bottle,cork,level,colour all good.Decanted for c.1 hour.Lovely fruit nose and taste.Quite big,so probably should have aired it longer.95-6/100

Tasted on Sat, Dec 19, 2020.

2018 Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz

2020-09-20T11:18:30Z

96 points - Dark purple red. Fruit sweet, attractive cassis nose, florals and spices. Powerful and intense on the palate with firm, assertive tannins, tight slightly ferrous, sooty. Very good weight and presence, if a little unready to drink. Needs a chargrilled steak. This will live for a long, long time.

Tasted on Sun, Sep 20, 2020.

2018 Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz

2020-09-20T11:30:16Z

94 points - Dark red. Broad blackberries. Dark fruit nose. Hint of aldehyde. I tense, full bodied palate structure: spices - cloves - with American oak hints. Needs time, but drinks well already with BBQ beef ribs. Well knit wine indeed, superbly crafted. If anything it lacks a bit of ‘place’ personality. But the wine delivers on the palate in spades!

Tasted on Sun, Sep 20, 2020.