I've written about the McGuigan winery before here, in the context of McGuigan's Black Label Cabernet-Merlot blend. McGuigan's Bin Series wines are sourced from single regions; this one is, as the label suggests, from South Australia's Limestone Coast, that is, the southeastern coast of South Australia, from the Victoria border towards Adelaide. The wine regions along the Limestone coast include Coonawarra, Wrattonbully, Mount Gambier, Robe, Mount Benson, and Padthaway, with Coonawarra perhaps the best known in the U. S., particularly for Cabernet Sauvignon. McGuigan has a name for advanced technically innovative wine-making, and for blending wines from a number of vineyards and growing areas; this Cabernet Sauvignon exemplifies that approach. The tasting notes for this year's McGuigan Bin 4000 2008 Cabernet Sauvignon refer to "juice draining, cold-soaking, fermentation in open tanks and warm fermentation," and refers to being "partially aged in American and French hogsheads for a period of five months prior to blending and bottling."

The aroma of McGuigan's Bin 4000 Cabernet Sauvignon is lush, ripe, and both fruity and earthy. The taste is very much a bold, full Cabernet Sauvignon. The lush fruit—blackberry and plum, or maybe cherry—is there, an intense berry and black cherry, but with a fabulous chocolate, earthy base. The wine has spent some time in contact with oak, but the oak is not overwhelming. but neither is it too sweet. The ABV is 14.5%. We bought this bottle at the Bargain Grocery for $4.99, and then promptly went back for more.