Penfolds Bin 704 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2FOR30 Maker's 46 takes everything that

Maker's 46 takes everything that made Maker's Mark an instant classic and turns it up to 11

aged for 7 months

the lively and fruit-driven Barbera grape offers excellent drinking pleasure at a much younger age

with orange rind on show

Aged in charred oak barrels and filtered through coconut shell carbon

Penfolds Bin 704 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2FOR30 Maker's 46 takes everything thatThis is a classic, old school leaning example of Napa Cab and we just loved it. The macerations are short and the oak well balanced, so it remains fairly transparent (not inky and over extracted), full bodied and tightly coiled and quite structured. There is plenty of up front cassis, cherry, mocha spice and licorice here to keep it approachable for near term drinking, but it is clear that this wine is not showing its best stuff yet, only hinting at