BIN 169 wurde geschaffen, um einen zeitgenössischen Weinherstellungsansatz widerzuspiegeln, der sowohl die Regionalität als auch die Reifung von Cabernet Sauvignon in feinkörniger französischer Eiche betont. Ein Stil, der sofort Penfolds ist, während er gleichzeitig seine ständige Suche nach Vielfalt und Stiltrennung veranschaulicht. Ein klassisches Spiegelbild der Region und ein Beweis für das langjährige Engagement von Penfolds für die Weinberge von Coonawarra.

James Suckling 
Such impressive freshness to the aromas of pure mulberries, blackcurrants, blueberries, redcurrants and a swathe of roasting herbs, such as bay leaf and sage. Iodine and nori, too. The French oak is nicely subsumed already and there’s fruit purity that really sings here. The palate has a wealth of rich and ripe blue and black-fruit flavors with plenty of extract and depth on offer. This is an impressively bold, smoothly honed and focused cabernet. Fine, polished tannins frame the long finish. Drink over the next decade and more. 

Wine Advocate 
Made only in appropriate vintages, and always from Coonwarra, the 2019 Bin 169 Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon is aromatically reticent at this stage, however the power of the fruit in the mouth in unassailable. It blossoms on the back palate and shows pedigree and impressive stature. This is a supremely elegant wine of poise and detail, couched in a framework of power and dense muscly tannin. We all have our preferences between Bin 707 and Bin 169, but for me, my heart has always been with the 169. I think Cabernet deserves an elegant casing, and that is made from French oak (17 months in French oak, 56% new, to be precise). This is pure, but far too young right now. We know this has decades of graceful development ahead of it.