Block 42 Kalimna Cabernet Sauvignon
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 15 to 40+ years from the vintage release, owing to its monumental structure and concentration.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted rack of lamb, prime ribeye steak, mature hard cheeses
✨ Technical Specifications
Penfolds Block 42 Kalimna Cabernet Sauvignon is a legendary jewel of Australian winemaking, sourced from a single, historic block within the Kalimna Vineyard in the Barossa Valley. Planted in the late 1880s, these ungrafted vines are widely recognized as some of the oldest continuously producing Cabernet Sauvignon vines in the world. This rare, single-block bottling is only produced in exceptional vintages when the ancient vines yield fruit of unparalleled concentration and complexity. The wine is celebrated for its profound depth, exhibiting intense dark fruit, leafy complexity, and exquisite structural elegance, traditionally matured in premium new American oak hogsheads to impart seamless integration and remarkable longevity.
🍾 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
100% Cabernet Sauvignon
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
14.0% - 14.5%