Description
Bin 707 is a perfect cabernet sauvignon representation of Penfolds ‘House Style’: intensely-flavoured fruit; completion of fermentation and maturation in new oak; expressing a Penfolds understanding of multi-vineyard, multi-region fruit sourcing.
Inspired by the iconic jet that took it to the world.
The rich and powerful Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon, our first commercial release of a single cabernet-based wine, is linked to Max Schubert’s dream of making a great Australian red wine that could last at least 20 years.
During the ‘50s and early ‘60s cabernet sauvignon was mostly used for blending, but Schubert’s breakthrough with the varietal as a stand-alone wine came in 1964 with inaugural vintage.
Early Bin 707s were typically open fermented under wax-lined header boards and matured in seasoned old oak (rather than new oak).
The wine was not made from 1970 to 1975 (when fruit was directed to other wines) nor in 1981, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2011 or 2017 (when fruit of the required style and quality was not available).
Full-bodied and with proven cellaring potential, Bin 707 retains a secure place among the ranks of Australia’s finest cabernets.
Deep crimson.
Classic blackcurrant mulberry aromas with roasted chestnut, graphite notes.
Ample, yet elemental and multi-layered with plentiful pure blackcurrant mulberry fruits, fine persistent grainy/ muscular tannins, superb mid-palate richness and underlying mocha roasted chestnut notes.
Finishes brambly firm with plenty of cedarwood cassis notes.
A sturdy Bin 707 with beautiful fruit definition and tannin vigour.
Claret lovers rejoice! – Andrew Caillard MW, 97 Points The Finer Details Style – Red Wine Varietal – Cabernet Sauvignon Country – Australia Region – McLaren Vale, Coonawarra, Barossa Valley, Padthaway Vintage – 2019 Bottle Size – 750ml ABV – 14.5% Peak Drinking – 2025 – 2050
