skid11 Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 I was fortunate enough to attend the Penfolds New Bin Release dinner last Friday night and apart from the great food and top wines everyone seemed to have a good night and left well and truly pissed and happy !:-D The New Bin wines (2003) are great value especially the 389 and 407. The 407 is excellent value due to the fact that 2003 was a not so good year quanity wise for the prestigous Bin 707 so these great grapes ended up in the 407................. at $26 a bottle it's a steal. If you can get your hands on some do so with confidence it's drinking great now and will be even better in a few years. Topped off the evening with a Dip #2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gargett Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 like the 389 (always do). yet to be completely convinced by 407. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skid11 Posted May 28, 2006 Author Share Posted May 28, 2006 » like the 389 (always do). yet to be completely convinced by 407. Me too Ken the 389 is one of my favourites it never fails. The stand out wine of the night was the 407, can't say I've ever tried it before so I was pretty open minded about it with no real expectations. It was very good especially in that price range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colt45 Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 All sounds good! I've got a '97 128 & 407, and a '98 389. I keep forgetting I have them, and should probably crack them soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMH Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 Big fan of both the wines ('96 389 & I think... '98 407 at the moment). Found them to have quite a different nature - 389 being a more complex elegant wine, & the 407 being a fairly bold powerful wine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skid11 Posted May 30, 2006 Author Share Posted May 30, 2006 I agree with you JHM..................... The 389 is a classic and the 407 is big, bold and fruity without being over the top. Definately a wine with balls :-D Colt if you need a hand drinking them mate drop me a line ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gargett Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 of all the wines mentioned here, the 96 and 98 389's would be my pick. two fabulous wines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colt45 Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 » Colt if you need a hand drinking them mate drop me a line ;-) Skid, you fire up that grill of yours, and I'll bring those, plus a couple of bottles of '97 Wynns Coonawarra John Riddoch, and a '96 Barwang Winemaker's Reserve cab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skid11 Posted May 31, 2006 Author Share Posted May 31, 2006 » » Colt if you need a hand drinking them mate drop me a line ;-) » Skid, you fire up that grill of yours, and I'll bring those, plus a couple » of » bottles of '97 Wynns Coonawarra John Riddoch, and a '96 Barwang » Winemaker's Reserve cab. I'll just pop out and fill up the gas bottle ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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