Two grape varieties and two different wine growing regions make a great marriage. Cabernet Franc from the Hills and Cabernet Sauvignon from the Barossa combine to make a vibrant wine with silky tannins and a great depth of palate. On the nose we have forest floor, and winter spices with hints of cedary oak. The palate shows soft, juicy red fruits and lingering richness. Beautiful drinking
now but it will get better but can you wait?

A blend of very old bush vines and dry grown fruit that suits that best shows the "Barossa" style. A rich blend of predominately Shiraz with small percentages of Grenache, Mataro and Cinsault. The nose gives you delightful dark berry fruits and cocoa aromas with hints of spice, star anise and bay leaves. The palate echos the nose with well structured peppery finish.

Brilliant colour of cherries and plums, with a purple rim. Rum and raisin aromas, spices and deep black stone fruit. A brooding, powerful palate, with rich concentration and masculinity of fruit - the resulting wine tells the story of Benno beautifully.

Youthful hue; vibrant, blueberry fruit is slightly dominated by lavish levels of new wood; however, beneath there are ample levels of fruit, with an almost velvety texture and slightly chewy tannins; very long finish.

"The grandest of the range, the 2004 Bin 389 which celebrates with genuine cabernet character -blackberry and creams - with rich plummy shiraz fruit beside it, fabulous dusty tannins and fine oak to taste and savour as you drink down a pinnacle cab/shiraz blend - rich, deep and long-lasting. Mighty fine."

Tony Love, Adelaide Advertiser, 14/03/2007

The 2005 Bin 389 is complete, full and multi-dimensional from start
to finish, its weight coupled with (understated) power, depth and length. Ripe fig, blueberry and dark plum fruit flavours synergise to create an inky/dense palate with no rough edges. The oak, and plush tannins are at one with the wine, eliciting no one dominant feature and a seamless palate.

"It is extraordinary how this wine has gained power, weight and complexity since first bottled: now majestic black fruits, licorice and chocolate/mocha notes run through the palate. Great tannins sustain and support the back-palate and finish. Please move to screw caps; this wine would last forever. Rating 96."

James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2007 Edition, 10/10/2006

"This is a pristine Margaret River cabernet merlot in the tight, fine-grained, elegant, vibrant-fruit style that is the trademark of the maker. The palate is very intense and taut, with unobtrusive but definite fine-grained tannins giving good structure and a nice grip to finish. Youthfully vital, not yet showing great complexity but its future seems assured."

Huon Hooke, Good Living, 17/06/2008

We are indeed in the lucky country with wines like this coming out from South Australia. A beautifully balanced full-bodied red from the Clare Valley featuring three classic grape varieties. Concentrated Cabernet fruit gives the the wine its initial power and structure, the Shiraz rounding out the middle palate and the Malbec finishing the wine with earthy mulberry fruit. A lovely wine now but it will cellar for a decade or more. Serve with a great steak.

The bouquet is highly floral with lively dark cherry and violets. A spicy rose petal-like infusion from the Touriga Nacional combines to complete the sensory experience. The palate is vibrant and fresh with an array of red berry fruits and spice with an underlying old world European earthiness. Finishing with soft yet assertive tannins.