Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon 1994

Jane Anson: Earthy on the nose, deep ruby colour, mushroom, bitter chocolate, espresso, chalky tannins, eucalyptus and mint. Stately, almost Bordeaux-style Cabernet with its leafy character and graphite edge. Double decanted just before serving, this has life ahead of it as it hits the 30 year mark. 100% new American oak, John Duval chief winemaker. 92/100 (2024)

Robert Parker: Penfolds' most impressive Cabernet Sauvignon is the 1994 Bin 707. This murky plum-colored, blockbuster, backward, exceptionally tannic Cabernet displays abundant quantities of blackberry and cassis fruit, a heavy overlay of toasty vanillin from new oak casks, and mouthsearing levels of tannin. Although the wine is closed, it is firmly-structured and enormously-endowed in the mouth. 90/100 (1998)