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2005 Penfolds Cabernet-Shiraz Cellar Reserve

Proprietary Blend: 750ml

$74.99

about this wine:

This wine is part of a limited release program of experimental wines usually only available at the winery's cellar door in Adeliade, Australia. This particular wine came from the winery's efforts to release a Bin 60A blend but was judged to be not up to the standards for release under that label. Very rare and limited in availability in the US market.

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points awarded:
JO 93 WA 93

93 points,

Jeremy Oliver, January 2007

Spicy, floral and heady aromas of fresh blackberries, blueberries and cedar/dark chocolate/vanilla oak overlie dusty, earthy and almost muddy undertones. Rich and substantial, its mouthfilling palate of briary blackberry, plum and red berry fruits has a jujube-like quality and a racy, sour-edged aspect. Framed by firm, fine and drying tannins, and backed by some assertive new oak, it's appealing and at present uncomplicated, but right on the style button for the Penfolds customer. Drink 2013-2017.


93 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, October 2007

The most distinctive of blends, considering the sources, is the 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon (65%)-Shiraz (35%) "Cellar Reserve." The Cabernet component is sourced from Coonawarra and the Shiraz from Barossa. Opaque purple/black in color, the nose is redolent of pain grille, vanilla, Asian spices, violets, black currants, and blackberry liqueur. Full-bodied and firm on the palate, the wine has excellent depth, gobs of ripe fruit, and good balance but is an infant developmentally. Give this lengthy blend 8-10 years in the cellar and drink it through 2035. 93+ -Jay Miller


93 points,

Jeremy Oliver, January 2007

Spicy, floral and heady aromas of fresh blackberries, blueberries and cedar/dark chocolate/vanilla oak overlie dusty, earthy and almost muddy undertones. Rich and substantial, its mouthfilling palate of briary blackberry, plum and red berry fruits has a jujube-like quality and a racy, sour-edged aspect. Framed by firm, fine and drying tannins, and backed by some assertive new oak, it's appealing and at present uncomplicated, but right on the style button for the Penfolds customer. Drink 2013-2017.


93 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, October 2007

The most distinctive of blends, considering the sources, is the 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon (65%)-Shiraz (35%) "Cellar Reserve." The Cabernet component is sourced from Coonawarra and the Shiraz from Barossa. Opaque purple/black in color, the nose is redolent of pain grille, vanilla, Asian spices, violets, black currants, and blackberry liqueur. Full-bodied and firm on the palate, the wine has excellent depth, gobs of ripe fruit, and good balance but is an infant developmentally. Give this lengthy blend 8-10 years in the cellar and drink it through 2035. 93+ -Jay Miller


About Winery

Penfolds was founded by a young English doctor, Dr. Christopher Rawson Penfold, who migrated to one of his country's most distant colonies over a century and a half ago.

In 1844 Dr Penfold and his wife Mary purchased the Mackgill estate, "comprising 500 acres of the choicest land." By all accounts it was Mary Penfold who was responsible for the management and early wine-making responsibilities of the fledgling wine estate.

By the early 1960s Max Schubert saw the creation of a dynasty of wines that may differ in character from year to year, but would all bear an unmistakable resemblance to each other. The backbone of Penfolds' emerging red wine portfolio - Bin 389, Bin 707, Bin 28 and Bin 128 - were all introduced during this time.

The remarkable reintroduction of Penfolds Bin 707 in 1976 illustrated Penfolds' commitment to a premium Cabernet Sauvignon and within just a few years would come to be recognized as one of Australia's leading wines.

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