Riolite Vini Sangiovese Nero d'Avola e Corvina The Blend
99 Points Luca Maroni
Mary Davine Wines Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
94 Points Wine Showcase Magazine
Borgo Al Passo Sangiovese Merlot IGT Toscana 2016
98 Points Luca Maroni
"Sensations: exceptional richness, this wine reveals itself as dense and full-bodied - the essence of morello cherry pulp, blackberry and grape. A sublime concentration but the taste is soft and supple; very admirable and harmonious... A pure wine, well balanced with hints of spice, the juicy fruit has exceptional expressive power. One of the best red wines of the year, hats off."
93 Points Alessandro Righetti
With its richness of extract and its pleasant drink the "Corte al Passo" is a real treat! It enchants the eyes with its intense garnet red and seduces the nose with its scent of berries, cherries and spices. On the palate this Sangiovese with the addition of a small percentage of Merlot grapes is straightforward and enveloping, with sweetish aromas that recall those of the bouquet and which are accompanied by hints of chocolate and aromatic herbs. A soft tannin and a harmonious finish complete the profile
The Colonial Estate Exile Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
93 Point Rated Wine Showcase Magazine
"A delicately scented, nose with nice leafy and floral aromas. Palate has lovely complex layers of fruit and spicy caramel mocha like flavours."
The Wine Barossa Valley Marananga Shiraz 2016
93 Point Rated Wine Showcase Magazine
"Earthy chocolate aromas with delightful floral lift. Rich cherry and dark plum flavours with well handled oak and tannins."
Einzellage 100 Year Old Vine Valley Floor Barossa Valley Grenache 2017
91 Point Rated
Wine Showcase Magazine
Penfolds Bin 389 South Australia Cabernet Shiraz 2016
96 Points James Halliday Wine Companion
A 51/49% blend from the Barossa Valley, Coonawarra, McLaren Vale, Padthaway and Wrattonbully, matured for 12 months in American hogsheads (37% new). Good colour, although not as striking as some of the other wines in the range; Likewise retains some elegance despite the clarion call of the cascade of fruit flavours. The fruit, oak, tannin and acid balance is impeccable, as is the length and drive of the palate. The savoury subtext is equally good.
96 Points Huon Hooke, The Real Review
Deep, dense red/purple colour, with a bouquet of rich spice and chocolate and dark fruit aromas all well-balanced in the mix. The berries of cabernet and the earthy/spice of shiraz are both identifiable. It's a very full-bodied, rich, dense, concentrated wine, with lashings of tannins which are firm and gripping on the finish. A very long carry. A very big wine, massively structured and impressive, with great power and ageing potential. A wine that manages to tread the fine line between big structure and softness and accessibility. Still, I would cellar it a few years before broaching. (51% cabernet sauvignon, 49% shiraz) Drink 2021 to 2046
96 Points Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
Bin 389 cracks the ton, in asking price terms. The rich (wo)man’s, poor (wo)man’s drink. Grapes sourced from Barossa Valley, Coonawarra, McLaren Vale, Padthaway and Wrattonbully. You don’t hear so much of Padthaway, that salty old dog, nowadays but it’s still important to the Penfolds red wine stable. 51% cabernet sauvignon, 49% shiraz. All American oak. Ah now you’ve done it. Stop it, just stop it. You look at the Bin 407 release from this vintage and think: that’s how it’s done. And then you add shiraz, and call it Bin 389, and the palate is boosted, the length is still there, the tobacco notes still light up, and with vanilla and cherry-plum notes tickling the cassis into a riot it suddenly feels irrepressible, like the premiership’s a cakewalk. It’s not a John Holmes wine; it’s not overdone. It’ a wine to slip through your defences, is what it is. It’s a cracker. This is why you blend cabernet with shiraz.
96 points James Suckling
The personality of this warmer-vintage Bin 389 is big, bold and welcoming. Coal smoke and graphite intertwine with blackberry, cassis, woody and leafy notes. Some Chinese five spice, too. The palate is delivered with fine, sweeping and long, smooth tannins that carry a supple array of mainly blackberry and roasted-coffee flavors. Powerful yet silky, super long and smooth, building to an exceptionally tidy finish. This is an assembly of 51 per cent cabernet sauvignon and 49 per cent shiraz, sourced from Barossa Valley, Coonawarra, McLaren Vale, Padthaway and Wrattonbully. Long aging potential. Drink now or hold.
95 Points Andrew Caillard Master of Wine
Medium deep colour. Classical Bin 389 with fresh blackcurrant, blackberry, dark chocolate aromas and roasted chestnut, mocha notes. Deep set dark chocolate, elderberry, blackcurrant fruits , plentiful fine chocolatey textures, lovely mid palate buoyancy and mocha, roasted coconut oak complexity. Finishes long and fruit sweet with a bitter firm chocolatey plume.
94 points Decanter
The so-called ‘Baby Grange’, Bin 389 is a Penfolds icon and a peerless example of the traditional Aussie blend. It's matured for 12 months in American oak, partly in previous-vintage Grange casks. Behind the youthful ruby hue lies a terrific red whose gently smoky, spicy cedar and liquorice aromas are highly perfumed and intense. On the palate it shows a promising youthful vigour in its richly concentrated, opulent cassis and blackberry fruit. It has a fine, smooth texture, with chocolatey depth, good complexity and spice aplenty, all supported by a fine spine of damson acidity and the sinewy tannin structure that awaits instructions to settle down. One for bollito misto and salsa verde.
91 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2016 Cabernet / Shiraz Bin 389 is a blend of 51% Cabernet and 49% Shiraz, the least amount of Cabernet you'll ever see in this bottling. It's dark and stolid, with notes of cassis and blackberry along with touches of vanilla and cedar. Full-bodied and dense, it's firmly in the Penfolds style and the style of this particular bottling, which always ages well, even if it's not the flashiest or most flamboyant offering from Penfolds.
Chain of Ponds Section 400 Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2017
93 Points James Halliday Wine Companion
Complex multi-parcel vinification has put the seal on an almost unbelievable deal. 80% crushed and destemmed, 20% split 50/50% crushed and whole bunches, part open-fermented in stainless steel, part in a Potter fermenter with minimal cap management, Burgundy yeast to enhance varietal character, 7 days on skins, 60% pressed to French oak (7% new), the balance matured in stainless steel It has all you could ask for, with strong cherry fruit, texture and structure.
The Perfect Storm McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017
96 Point Rated Wine Showcase Magazine
Gnadenfrei Estate St Michaels Barossa Valley Shiraz 2016
Robert Parker Previous Vintage Review
"it offers a mouthful of blockbuster Australian Shiraz. This is classic Barossa Shiraz at its biggest and boldest."
Mary Davine Wines Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Gold Medal
Wine Showcase Magazine
The Colonial Estate Exile Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Gold Medal
Wine Showcase Magazine
The Wine Barossa Valley Marananga Shiraz 2016
Gold Medal
Wine Showcase Magazine
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China Wine & Spirit Awards Best Value 2018
The Perfect Storm McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017
Gold Medal
Wine Showcase Magazine
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