2018 Penfolds Wines Bin 704 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 750 ml

There’s little that Penfolds hasn’t achieved. The iconic Australian winery has held the title of Drinks International’s World’s Most Admired Wine Brand and has ruled Wine Spectator’s Top 100—so when they expanded to California, they looked to the long term. They cultivated relationships with Napa Valley’s top growers and wineries, and by the time their first vintage got close, anticipation had reached a feverish level. 

Then their 2018 Penfolds Bin 704 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley arrived—and it left two decades of expectations in the dust. 

This wine proves that a Cabernet can be pure Penfolds, and also quintessentially Californian. The markers of Australia’s most famous winery are there—the striking purity, and the obvious attention to detail (down to the embossed bottle)—but so are the telltales of classic Napa Cabernet, present in the dusty red and black fruit accented by tobacco and bay leaf, and in tannins that finish with just the right amount of grip. 

Those Napa Cabernet characteristics can be attributed to the work Penfolds has done since touching down in California. They’ve established close ties with some of the ultra-classic estates of Napa Valley, and tapped some of the region’s most sacred terroirs. AAnd now, after 16 months in 40% new French oak—plus two decades of research—they’ve made a wine that marries the magic of California’s holy place for Cabernet with one of the world's great wine estates.

There can only be one inaugural vintage of Penfolds’ California Cabernet, and we couldn’t dream of a more auspicious beginning than this one. An instant classic, we’re thrilled to share it with you.