Penfolds, Bin 149 Cabernet Sauvignon Vintage:2019 Castelnuovo dell'Abate

Castelnuovo dell'Abate

This was also relatively reduced and impossible to evaluate

(from Santenots Blanc)

Sudden dryness on the end but this is delightfully lively

yet all the elements are wonderfully in balance

Penfolds, Bin 149 Cabernet Sauvignon Vintage:2019 Castelnuovo dell'AbateA good portion, 85. 1%, of this "Wine of the World" comes from America. In fact, the American component all comes from Napa. "There are some great vineyards going in here," Peter Gago informed me. "We are buying some fruit for this, but most of it comes off our own vineyards." By "own vineyards," Gago refers to the considerable land holdings of Treasury Wine Estates, which now owns such iconic Napa names such as Beringer, Sterling Vineyards and Stags