This elegant, full-bodied Cabernet showcases Coonawarra’s classic regional character with layered aromas of cassis, redcurrants, and cedar spice. Matured in 100% French oak, it offers a plush, velvety palate balanced by firm tannins and vibrant red fruit. A refined wine with great aging potential, delivering both power and finesse.

Jamessuckling.com | JS 97
Published: Jul 22, 2020

A very elegantly complex nose with meticulously fresh aromas that range from red florals to violets, blueberries, redcurrants, blackcurrants and such sweetly perfumed cedary-oak spice. The palate has a very elegant, focused and piercingly central delivery of fine tannins,carrying pristine redcurrant and blackcurrant flavors. Seamlessly long, super fine and really packed with concentrated, contained, red-cherry and redcurrant flavors. Impressive. Drink or hold. 

The Wine Advocate | RP 96
Published: Jul 22, 2020
Drink: 2025-2045

In effect, this is to Bin 707 as RWT is to Grange, a single-region expression of a classic regional variety, aged in 100% French oak. Would that it were priced similarly to RWT, but production is more limited, and the Chinese have seemingly fallen in love in Cabernet. The 2018 Bin 169 Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon (there was no 2017 bottled) boasts sumptuous aromas of ripe cassis, accented by hints of vanilla, cedar shavings, tobacco and baking spices. It's full-bodied, plush and velvety, but with a firm spine at its core that drives home the lengthy finish and strong varietal identity. Ideally, it needs a few years in the cellar to show its best, with potential longevity of two decades or more.

Decanter | D 96
Published: Jul 7, 2020
Drink: 2022-2040

Everything alluring about Cabernet is on show here: regal lift and power on the nose, then a more subtle reveal on the palate through gossamer layers of cranberry, cassis, raspberry and fresh-cut herbs. Nothing showy but every component is in its right place. This proud declaration speaks deliberately of region and varietal character, and its bedrock of firm black tannins suggests that it has much more to reveal as it matures. 
Closure: Cork
Alcohol: 14.50%
Body: Full
Oak: Oaked
Grapes: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

Jancisrobinson.com | JR 16.5+
Published: Sep 2, 2021
Drink: 2022-2035

The first Penfolds wine to be sold on the Place.
Very deep colour. The nose is powerful and very ripe, full of blackberry and other roasted, brambly fruit. Roasted plum and vanilla bean burst through on the palate. This is refined, but sweet and heady. Leathery, spicy and full bodied. Long and sweet to the finish.

Penfolds.com

Created to reflect a contemporary winemaking approach, emphasising both regionality and maturation of cabernet sauvignon in fine grained French oak. A style that is immediately Penfolds, whilst simultaneously illustrative of its ongoing search for diversity and style separation. A classic reflection of the region and a testament of Penfolds longstanding commitment to the vineyards of Coonawarra.