Bin 80A Cabernet Shiraz
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2045
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted rack of lamb, prime ribeye steak, slow-braised beef cheeks
✨ Technical Specifications
Penfolds Bin 80A is one of the most legendary 'Special Bin' wines ever released by the estate. Created from the exceptional 1980 vintage, it represents a monumental blend of Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon and Barossa Valley (specifically Kalimna Vineyard) Shiraz. This wine is celebrated in Australian wine lore as a masterpiece of the classic Australian blend, combining the structure, graphite, and minty cassis of Coonawarra Cabernet with the rich, plush, warm-spice dark fruit of Barossa Shiraz. Aged in new American oak hogsheads, Bin 80A has achieved mythical status among collectors for its extraordinary longevity, complexity, and seamless integration, showcasing the absolute pinnacle of Penfolds' multi-regional blending philosophy.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1844 by Dr. Christopher Rawson Penfold and his wife Mary at the Magill Estate in South Australia, Penfolds is one of Australia's oldest and most iconic wine producers. The estate achieved legendary international acclaim during the 1950s under visionary chief winemaker Max Schubert, who created Penfolds Grange and revolutionized the country's winemaking techniques. Driven by a celebrated philosophy of multi-regional and multi-varietal blending, Penfolds sources exceptional fruit across historic Australian terroirs—such as the Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, and Coonawarra—as well as select premier global regions. The house is universally revered for powerful, impeccably structured, and long-lived wines, led by its flagship Grange, Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon, and celebrated Bin series.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Cabernet Sauvignon 60%, Shiraz 40%
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13.5-1%