93/100
4.5 Stars
Huon Hooke
Deep red, slight purple. Rich nose; ripe, warm-year bouquet: meaty and berried. Rich ripe flavours too: deep and fleshy, concentrated and tannic, mouthcoating: a sumptuous wine. Very good. Dense rich, fleshy, sweet fruit and lively acid; very driving palate and firm grippy aftertaste. Long term. Now to 12+ years.
Tasted: 27/09/2007
Drink: N/A
87 Points Robert Parker
The 1998 Cabernet Sauvignon Bin 407 displays a saturated ruby/purple color as well as classic aromas of cedar and cassis, medium to full body, considerable fruit, sweet tannin, and adequate acidity. Drink it over the next 7-8 years.
Source: Robert Parker (Robert Parker Wine Advocate) by Robert M. Parker, Jr. June, 2001
94 Points James Halliday
Medium to full red-purple; the bouquet leads with blackberry and cassis, with lesser notes of spice and cedar. The wine then shifts more into blackberry and bitter chocolate flavours on the long palate, sustained by lingering tannins. More elegant than the Bin 389, but will also be very long lived. Drink to 2015.
James Halliday. June, 2021
The 1998 Cabernet Sauvignon Bin 407 displays a saturated ruby/purple color as well as classic aromas of cedar and cassis, medium to full body, considerable fruit, sweet tannin, and adequate acidity. Drink it over the next 7-8 years. Source: Robert Parker (Wine Advocate) June, 2001 by Robert Parker