Winemaker Notes
Color: Dense, deep-red, with a dark purple / black core.
Nose: Brooding, with a selective & slow aromatic release - firstly wafts of black olive (tapenade), then the faintest suggestion of sardine / anchovy - or maybe soy / Worcestershire - or could it be... ? More confidently, familial barrel-ferment, cedary oak and formic notes share the stage with blackcurrant & blackberry fruits. Inviting, tempting.
Palate: Cassis / blackcurrant varietal fruits and savory oak stake an immediate (style) claim. Sarsaparilla and choco-mint flavors mold together to create the next layer, followed by a more savory (Chinese mushroom / oyster sauce mix) immersion structurally impregnating any layering. Gripping tannins complete the offer.
Drink: 2012 to 2025
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Bin 707 is always 100% Cabernet Sauvignon and always 100% new oak, though it is not released every year. The 2007 Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon was matured 15 months in new American oak hogsheads. Very deep purple-black in color, it gives intense notes of vanilla, creme de cassis, blackberry preserves, licorice and espresso plus a bit of dark chocolate. Very crisp with a very high level of chewy tannins, the fruit is just a little ungenerous on the medium to full-bodied palate, giving a long tannin-dominated finish. With another 2 years+ in bottle, the fruit may come forward on this wine and it should drink to 2020+.
92+ points. -
Wine Spectator
Ripe and expressive, with currant and plum fruit playing against mineral and herb flavors. Tannins firmly clamp down on the finish, requiring cellar time to soften. This should eventually become elegant. Best after 2013.
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