In Bond Fine Wine. 2024 Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon, Margaret River, Australia. Red australia - red in 6x75cl. Top critic score: 97/100 (EL). Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
Founded in 1844, Penfolds is one of Australia’s most historic and internationally recognised wine estates, renowned for producing powerful yet long-lived wines sourced from some of the country’s finest vineyards. The estate’s flagship Grange, first created by legendary winemaker Max Schubert in the 1950s, has become one of the world’s most collectible wines and a defining icon of Australian fine wine. Predominantly Shiraz, often with a small portion of Cabernet Sauvignon, Grange is matured in American oak and combines extraordinary concentration with remarkable balance and longevity.
Erin Larkin (EL) — 97/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 2026-07-01
The 2024 Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon is sourced from Coonawarra, Barossa Valley and Padthaway and raised 100% in new American oak. "If the fruit can't stand up to the new American oak, then it's not destined for 707," says chief winemaker Peter Gago. While the élevage may feel prohibitive in its early days, I can say from lived experience that it protects the fruit from the vagaries of aging, and…