Penfolds, Bin 60A Cabernet Shiraz Vintage:2004 balanced and firmly austere finale

balanced and firmly austere finale

this vintage holds back in the end

Very long on the aftertaste

A smoky mineral nuance drives the extremely long

Quite assertive

Penfolds, Bin 60A Cabernet Shiraz Vintage:2004 balanced and firmly austere finaleThe release of the 2004 Bin 60A following the epic 1962 Bin 60A is old news now, but the wine was looking very fine indeed when I tasted it so I thought Id add a note. Blended of 56% Coonawarra Cabernet from Block 20 and 44% Barossa Shiraz from Koonunga Hill Block 56G and Kalimna Blocks 4 and 14, the wine was matured in 100% new American oak hogsheads for 13 months. Very deep purple black in color, it offers restrained notes of game, smoked meat,