Rare release

When you purchase a bottle of Penfolds newly-released 2008 Bin 620 Cabernet Shiraz you are purchasing a time capsule, according to chief winemaker Peter Gago. That’s because the first make of the wine hasn’t been released to the public since 1966. The small volume made Bin 620 Cabernet Shiraz, sourced from Penfolds grapes in Coonawarra, was released this month in Shanghai. Gago said Penfolds only released extremely limited batches of rare special bin wines from exceptional vintages, and only then when the quality of the flagship Grange and Bin 707 are not in any way compromised, reports The Barossa & Light Herald.