Awards, Ratings & Reviews
95/100 — James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion · Published: 17 June 2021
“Very typical Penfolds style, with strong structure built around a base of black fruits, tannin and oak seamlessly interwoven on the medium- to full-bodied palate and long finish.”
93/100 — Jeremy Oliver · 2005 Vintage · Tasted: Jan 2006
93/100 — The Wine Front · 2005 Vintage
91/100 — Bob Campbell · 2005 Vintage · Tasted: Apr 2008
91/100 — CellarTracker · 2005 Vintage
About This Wine
Launched with the 1990 vintage in 1993, Bin 407 was developed in response to the increasing availability of high quality cabernet sauvignon fruit.
Inspired by Bin 707, Bin 407 offers varietal definition and approachability, yet still with structure and depth of flavour.
Textbook cabernet sauvignon, the varietally expressive Bin 407 highlights the rewards of Penfolds multi-region, multi-vineyard blending, with a core of ripe fruit supported by sensitive use of French and American oak.
The 2005 vintage was of consistent good quality across all regions.
Favourable seasonal conditions, particularly mild temperatures with few sustained hot periods and moderate, well-timed rainfall, resulted in good quality fruit and steady ripening with full varietal character development.
Producer Notes
COLOUR Deep purple red.
NOSE Intense elderberry, ginger, spicy, musky aromas with underlying savoury nuances.
PALATE A very elemental wine packed with exuberant youthful fruit, dense chalky tannins and vanillin oak. Impressive now, but it will gain more richness, weight and volume with further bottle development.
Specifications
- Vintage: 2005
- Grape Variety: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
- Region: South Australia / Australia
- Maturation: Matured for 12 months in 20% new French and American hogsheads, with the balance in older oak
- Production Attributes: American Oak, French Oak
- Vineyard / Geo Info: McLaren Vale, Padthaway
- Alcohol: 14.5%
- Sweetness: Dry
- Acidity TA: 6.6 g/L
- Acidity pH: 3.56
- Winemaker: Peter Gago
- Ownership: Treasury Wine Estates
- Closure: Cork
- Drinking Window: 2013–2025
