Penfolds Bin 407 Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 750ml

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. 100% Cabernet works – the right climatic conditions prevailing, in the right vineyards, in the right soils – for the right Cabernet Sauvignon blend in 2010 – Bin 407, no less. 'The 2010 Penfolds reds have just been released with much fanfare about the vintage's quality. Most are superb. Some bin numbers are more famous than others and, relatively speaking, the Bin 407 South Australian cabernet blend is a lesser light, but the 2010 407 is outstanding. Deep and dark, it opens with elegant floral notes surrounding concentrated blackcurrant and plum fruit. Oak is more subtle than in some of the other 2010 bins, and the palate continues the intense, deep, black-fruit theme in ripeness and tannin balance, finishing long and fine.' - Age, Melbourne, 12 Mar 2013, by Ralph Kyte-Powell. 'The nose displays some interesting meaty black-fruit characters with a little light cedary oak beneath. Made with a mix of new and used French and American oak. Has a firm fine tread of tannins carrying the wine to a long finish. There is more fruit purity and refinement about this one compared with the 1990. Like the structure. 95/100' - Weekend West, Perth, 16 Mar 2013, by Ray Jordan.