Penfolds, Bin 60A Cabernet Shiraz other_regions_italy and building

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and while it should deliver plenty of upfront appeal

A medium-bodied

this is an excellent wine with outstanding development potential as it has the density to eventually absorb the prominent oak treatment but it’s enough to be annoyingly intrusive today

I suspect that this will flesh out and unwind with a few years of bottle age

Penfolds, Bin 60A Cabernet Shiraz other_regions_italy and buildingThe 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,