Penfold's - Bin 704 Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 (750ml)

 

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Producer	Penfold's
Country	United States
Region	California
Subregion	Napa Valley
Varietal	Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage	2020
Sku	210000002663
Size	750ml

Penfold's Bin 704 Napa Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

Served @ DB's "Parker Great Wine Estates of the World" Tasting

Penfolds has been producing remarkable wines since 1844 and indisputably led the development of Australian fine wine in the modern era. The introduction of Penfolds Grange in 1951 forever changed the landscape of Australian fine wine. Since then a series of stand-out wines both white and red have been released under the Penfolds masthead.

Peter Gago, Penfolds Chief Winemaker and only the 4th custodian of Grange, relishes the opportunity to bring Penfolds to the world stage and is an enthusiastic ambassador and natural educator. Penfolds came to the attention of the US market when 1990 Grange was Wine Spectator’s ‘Wine of the Year’. Since then, Penfolds Grange has become one of the most collectable wines of the world and was honored to grace the front cover, once again, of Wine Spectator, with declarations of Grange as Australia’s Icon.

Winemaker Notes: There is a generous sweet core of fruit that offers plenty of flesh right across the palate. Cassis persists on the palate, with baked blackberry pie pastry flavours. Mulberries add a dark, slightly leafy nuance, balanced by the impression of fresh pouring cream. Baking spices abound. The acidity is tight and persistent, a lovely foil to the generous fruits and fine-grained tannins. There is the slightest suggestion of olive brine and kalamata tapenade rounding out a lovely medium bodied wine.

Milk chocolate oak tannins, typically Napa. Red currant, mulberry, anise and a whiff of menthol, the structural latticework an edgy beam across the finish. While this is distinctly full-weighted, it is more savory than most wines from the region due, perhaps, to the challenging vintage conditions and the need for abstemious fruit selection. Handled very well. I like it. Drink or hold.