Penfolds Bin 95 Grange Shiraz is Australia's most famous wine with a reputation for superb fruit complexity and flavour richness. It is the most powerful expression of Penfolds multi-vineyard, multi-district blending philosophy and is officially listed as a Heritage Icon of South Australia. One of the world's great wines.
"It hails from what has become a legendary vintage… so, the expectations for the 2021 Grange were simply that this had to be a great Grange. Anything short of that might even be deemed a failure and this is indeed an extraordinary Grange. Quite simply, a wow wine. No wonder Peter Gago’s response was a face-splitting smile and to confirm he was 'very, very pleased'. Maroon/black in hue, one simply gets lost in the nose, just endlessly sniffing the most glorious cassis notes, along with black fruits, blueberries, coffee beans, aniseed, mulberries, delicatessen meats, tobacco leaves, plums and graphite. The wine is seamless, intense and immaculate with knife-edge balance. It simply dances with joy. So complex already, and yet so harmonious and decadent. Silky tannins, bright acidity, the intensity never wavers for an instant and there is incredible length – Rutherglen muscat length. This is as close to a perfect Grange as I can imagine. Fifty years, if you think you can last that long (or want very grateful grandkids). A Lord-take-me-now wine, if ever there was one." Ken Gargett
The 2021 Penfolds Grange is a blend of 94% Shiraz and 6% Cabernet Sauvignon from premium vineyards in the Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale and Clare Valley. The wine was matured for 19 months in American oak hogsheads (100% new).
"An instant cornucopia of Grange markers – where to begin?! This 2021 vintage is certainly expansive across the palate. Three sources and three dimensions induce 'blackness' via selective Barossa/McLaren Vale/Clare Valley fruit sourcing and thereafter formidable structural length/width/depth stature. A vortex of mid-palate sumptuousness, framed by sleek, dusty tannins, and chocolatey/brûléed-suggestive oak. Less blurred are the Clare Valley sourcing descriptor giveaways – Dutch liquorice and menthol. Maybe, from Barossa – soaked dark satsuma plum, star anise, and roast quince? Tomorrow, a different reveal. Can’t wait!" Penfolds
Penfolds Bin 95 Grange Shiraz is Australia's most famous wine with a reputation for superb fruit complexity and flavour richness. It is the most powerful expression of Penfolds multi-vineyard, multi-district blending philosophy and is officially listed as a Heritage Icon of South Australia. One of the world's great wines.
"It hails from what has become a legendary vintage… so, the expectations for the 2021 Grange were simply that this had to be a great Grange. Anything short of that might even be deemed a failure and this is indeed an extraordinary Grange. Quite simply, a wow wine. No wonder Peter Gago’s response was a face-splitting smile and to confirm he was 'very, very pleased'. Maroon/black in hue, one simply gets lost in the nose, just endlessly sniffing the most glorious cassis notes, along with black fruits, blueberries, coffee beans, aniseed, mulberries, delicatessen meats, tobacco leaves, plums and graphite. The wine is seamless, intense and immaculate with knife-edge balance. It simply dances with joy. So complex already, and yet so harmonious and decadent. Silky tannins, bright acidity, the intensity never wavers for an instant and there is incredible length – Rutherglen muscat length. This is as close to a perfect Grange as I can imagine. Fifty years, if you think you can last that long (or want very grateful grandkids). A Lord-take-me-now wine, if ever there was one." Ken Gargett
The 2021 Penfolds Grange is a blend of 94% Shiraz and 6% Cabernet Sauvignon from premium vineyards in the Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale and Clare Valley. The wine was matured for 19 months in American oak hogsheads (100% new).
"An instant cornucopia of Grange markers – where to begin?! This 2021 vintage is certainly expansive across the palate. Three sources and three dimensions induce 'blackness' via selective Barossa/McLaren Vale/Clare Valley fruit sourcing and thereafter formidable structural length/width/depth stature. A vortex of mid-palate sumptuousness, framed by sleek, dusty tannins, and chocolatey/brûléed-suggestive oak. Less blurred are the Clare Valley sourcing descriptor giveaways – Dutch liquorice and menthol. Maybe, from Barossa – soaked dark satsuma plum, star anise, and roast quince? Tomorrow, a different reveal. Can’t wait!" Penfolds
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