Old & Rare

• 2010 Penfolds Bin 150 Marananga Shiraz

  Barossa Valley, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $99. 99

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  ABV: 14.5%

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  Others Reviews....
  Impenetrable colour, purple hue; this subregional Barossa shiraz exhibits a dark and brooding personality, complex and full of intrigue, with black fruits, ironstone, oak derived spices and a floral lift; the palate is tightly wound, impressively proportioned and, whilst dark and dense, shows plenty of detail and excellent balance. Made for the long haul.
  95 points
  James Halliday – Australian Wine Companion

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  1994 Penfolds Grange Magnum (1500ml)

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $1699. 00

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  ABV: 13.5%

  Notes Sourced from The Rewards of Patience - Fifth Edition (2004):
  Outstanding vintage
  Drinking Window: 2008 – 2020
  Deep crimson. Intense plum/dark cherry/blackberry/dark chocolate aromas with some menthol notes. Very powerful and concentrated with blackberry/dark chocolate/mocha flavours and rich granular tannins. A great and often overlooked vintage.
  89% Shiraz 11%, Cabernet Sauvignon. Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley, Mclaren Vale and Coonawarra.A dry, mild even-ripening vintage in the Barossa. Intermittent rains but mild conditions in McLaren Vale and a warm, dry autumn in Coonawarra delivered a very high quality vintage.

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  Notes sourced from Southcorp Wines.

  Region: Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale and Coonawarra, South Australia

  Grange is the benchmark by which all other reds in this country, and, increasingly, overseas, are often measured. The reasons for this are many yet straightforward: Concentration of flavour - Grange is decadently rich with layer upon layer of flavour that coats the tongue and scents the breath minutes after swallowing. This kind of fruit weight can only come from the finest, old vine fruit and low yielding vineyards. Complexity - the profuse aromas that leap from a glass of Grange defy the typical adjectives used by wine tasters. These are hedonistic aromas of rich ripe fruits and spice yet with an "otherness" of which wine tasters speak of in hushed tones. Further, each time the taster returns to the glass the wine hasevolved new aromas, new interest, new reasons to get excited. Longevity - Grange blossoms with 15 to 20 years of bottle age, when most other reds have past their best, and better vintages can live and continue developing for decades longer. And finally, Heritage - first produced by Max Schubert in 1951, the '94 Grange represents over 40 years of winemaking excellence.

  Vintage Conditions: Barossa Valley - a drier than average growing season with rainfall at 83 per cent of the 10 year mean, reducing yield in a virtually disease-free season. Ripening was slow. Good sugar levels and alcohols and ripe flavours were realised.McLaren Vale- good rainfall and mild temperatures.Coonawarra - a warm, very dry Autumn followed a cool and sometimes wet Summer.

  Oak Maturation: Aged in 100% new American oak for 18 months

  Winemaker John Duval's Comments: Colour: Dark plum with brick red rim.

  Nose: Rich and complex with flashes of green tea leaf and truffle, interlocked with freshly tanned leather and savoury notes, prune and stewed blueberry fruits. Enticing classy oak (cedar) elevated, yet not overstated, by smokey barrel ferment character.

  Palate: What is promised on the nose is delivered on the palate - an opulent, intense, hedonistic wine. Layers of massive Shiraz fruit and expertly crafted oak manifest themselves into a seemingly endless variety of flavours - deep plum, licorice, cedar, chocolate, coffee -all compressed into a silken, round mouthfeel. Forceful, ripe tannins are balanced by sheer weight of fruit. An excellent offering from an above average vintage. 13.5% Alcohol Volume.

  Serving and Cellaring suggestions: Grange is a wine that will develop over at least thirty years in the cellar. It is recommended that wine lovers wait at least 10 to 15 years, however the wine can be, and often is, enjoyed in its youth for its sheer opulence and power. It is the ultimate match with rich red meat dishes. This Grange should be decanted before serving.

  "Medium-full red/purple. Defined, dark plum/cassis fruit interwoven with well-seasoned, toasty, spicy oak. Powerful and dense palate with very seductive sweet, rich, raspberry/prune/liquorice/ginger fruit, massively structured tannins, cedar/spice oak and long, chocolatey finish . Still meshing together but destined to become a classic Grange. Drink between 2008 and 2030." (Southcorp Wines, The Rewards of Patience, Fourth Edition, March 2000)

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  1996 Penfolds Block 42 Kalimna Cabernet Sauvignon

  Barossa, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $799. 00

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  ABV: 13%

  Closure: Cork

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  Medium to full red-purple; a paradigm of everything Cabernet Sauvignon should be: the fragrant cassis/redcurrant fruit and perfect oak integration of the bouquet is followed by an intensely flavoured yet elegant wine on a very long palate flooded with cassis and redcurrant fruit, and crowned with fine tannins on the finish.
  96 points
  James Halliday - James Halliday's Wine Companion

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  1997 Penfolds Grange - Signed by Winemaker John Duval

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $899. 00

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  Cellar: 5 - 8 Years (2007-2010)

  ABV: 14%

  Closure: Cork

  One bottle only available. Signed by winemaker, John Duval on the front label.

  The 1997 vintage is made predominantly from Shiraz (96%) with a small amount of Cabernet Sauvignon (4%) added.A very refined Grange with great power and concentration but without the bulky palate weight. Very deep brick red colour. Magnificent nose with aroma of vanilla confectionary, violets and spice - almost perfumed. The palate flavours are very concentrated, with dark chocolate, spice, ripe plum, mocha & vanilla over a very peppery background. Outstanding length and depth. Fine firmish tannins, dry yet perfectly balanced. The aftertaste heralds a magnificent finish and lasts for several minutes with plum, mocha and liquorice evident.
  Cellar 5 - 8 years (2007 - 2010)
  Alc/vol 14%

  RATING: 96/100

  VALUE: XXXX/5

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  Notes Sourced from The Rewards of Patience - Fifth Edition (2004):
  Drinking Window: 2007 – 2030
  Deep opaque crimson. Sumptuous, fragrant, rum/dark chocolate/blackberry/blueberry aromas with some herbal/violet notes. The palate is deeply concentrated with cranberry/blueberry/dark chocolate flavours, lovely oak integration and smooth fine tannins. Finishes chalky and firm. A remarkable wine considering vintage conditions and its place between the great 1996 and 1998 Granges.
  96% Shiraz, 4% Cabernet Sauvignon. Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale and Bordertown. Late spring rains followed a generally wet winter. Generally dry, cool conditions prevailed during October and November. A hot burst of weather arrived during summer but cooler temperatures and a week of rain during February slowed down ripening.A warm dry period followed over vintage.
  
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  The 1997 Grange (a blend of 96% Shiraz and 4% Cabernet Sauvignon) looks to be a classic Grange, although slightly softer and more forward than the backward 1996. The saturated purple-colored 1997 offers a gorgeously sweet nose of blackberry liqueur, cherries, camphor, chocolate, plums, and mocha. The wine is opulently-textured, extremely soft, layered, and seductive, with Grange's tell-tale personality well-displayed, but in a seamless, seductive style. This is a superb Grange that can hold its own against the more heralded 1996. Anticipated maturity: 2005-2022.
  94 points
  Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate
  

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  2007 Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon

  Barossa Valley, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $599. 00

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  Closure: Cork

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  Deep purple-crimson; a brooding, powerful wine, black fruits, tannins, tar and earth dominant, the normally sweetening impact of the American oak to no avail. I'm not practising as I preach in giving the wine 94 points for tomorrow not today. Tasted 2010. Drink by 2022.
  94 points
  James Hallidays Wine Companion 

  ...Bin 707 is always 100% Cabernet Sauvignon and always 100% new oak, though it is not released every year. The 2007 Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon was matured 15 months in new American oak hogsheads. Very deep purple-black in color, it gives intense notes of vanilla, creme de cassis, blackberry preserves, licorice and espresso plus a bit of dark chocolate. Very crisp with a very high level of chewy tannins, the fruit is just a little ungenerous on the medium to full-bodied palate, giving a long tannin-dominated finish. With another 2 years+ in bottle, the fruit may come forward on this wine and it should drink to 2020+.
  92+ points
  Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Wine Advocate #192 Dec 2010

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• 1998 Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $165. 00

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  ABV: 14%

  Closure: Cork

  BACKGROUND
  The first vintage of Bin 389 was in 1960, and was immediately dubbed, ‘Poor Man's Grange’. As with Bin 28, Bin 128 and 707, this wine was developed from Max Schuberts experiments in the 1950’s & 1960’s. Aside from Grange, this wine is the affordable flagship wine from Penfolds, and combines the Classic Australian combination of Cabernet and Shiraz. Today, this wine is sourced from a variety of vineyards in South Australia and is testament to the great interregional blending abilities of the Penfolds team. The wine consists of 57% Cabernet Sauvignon and 41% Shiraz, which has spent 14 months in American oak, 22% of which was new.

  VINTAGE CONDITIONS
  The late start to the growing season in South Australia was due to the cool spring. However it was a season of few viticultural problems – generally free of frost and disease.

  Tasting Note (19/11/2005):
  This wine is evolving magnificently and is now beginning to reveal the benefits of bottle age.  Totally opaque black crimson colour with brick red hue.  Superb, lifted nose of violets, cedar, spice and old leather overlaid with vanilla, ripe plum and dark chocolate.  The palate is mouthfilling, again bottle age has added a layer of complexity with flavours of cedar, plum, old leather and dark chocolate emerging over a very spicy white pepper back palate.  The tannins are very fine and dry, perfectly balanced with very long spicy white pepper, plum and old leather aftertaste.  A wine that is drinking well now and will continue to evolve.
  Alc/Vol: 14%
  RATING: 98/100

  First Tasted: February 2001
  Totally opaque crimson colour with purple hues. Superb aroma, refined with notes of blackcurrant, cedar, spice and confectionery emerging. Elegant and sophisticated. Excellent palate weight and structure, with flavours of blackcurrant, spice and chocolate. Fine grained, perfectly balanced tannins, followed by very long, spice, blackcurrant aftertaste.An outstanding Bin 389 and together with the Bin 28 are the bargains of the 1998 releases.
  Alc/Vol: 14%
  RATING: 94/100

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  Retasted: May 2002
  This wine is developing superbly and has emerged as one of the superstars of the 1998 vintage.
  The colour has deepened over the last twelve months. The crimson purple hues have intensified with the purple now a totally opaque black. Superb perfumed aroma of violets, spice and liquorice. The palate takes one by surprise. The refined characteristics of last year have evolved substantially to reveal very distinct, totally mouthfilling, black pepper and spice flavours. Outstanding length and concentration with back palate flavours of dark chocolate and vanilla. The wine is developing magnificently. Fine dry, perfectly balanced tannins - softening but still with plenty of substance. Exceptionally long aftertaste of dark chocolate, liquorice and vanilla.
  Alc./Vol: 14.0%
  RATING: 97/100

   

   

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  2002 Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $165. 00

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  ABV: 14.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Penfolds Bin 389 was first produced in 1960 and quickly established a reputation as the ‘Poor mans Grange’. Made from a blend of 53% Cabernet and 47% Shiraz, the wine was matured for twelve months in 22% new, one year old, and older American oak hogsheads. Opaque crimson colour with a deep crimson hue. Perfumed nose of spice, violets, blackcurrant and blackberry. The palate is generous and full-bodied with a fine, dry tannin backbone. Flavours of ripe blackcurrant, liquorice and spice over a vanillin oak background. Perfect balance, with a very long aftertaste. Stocks are Limited.
  Alc/Vol: 14.5%

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  Powerful but silky smooth; elegance and fruit freshness beyond the normal, black fruits running through the length of the palate; ripe tannins, restrained oak. Another testament to 2002. Cork.
  94 Points
  James Halliday's Australian Wine Companion (June 2021)

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  1995 Penfolds Grange

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $750. 00

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  ABV: 13.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Other Reviews....
  In the manner of all great stayers, has picked up pace markedly over the past year. Deeply coloured, ripe cherry, spice, vanilla and a hint of licorice rumble through the bouquet; the palate is powerful and sustained by sweet tannins, the plum and black cherry fruit providing the core for the future.
  95 Points
  James Halliday - The Australian Wine Companion (July 2021)

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  1997 Penfolds Grange

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $750. 00

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  $9000.00 Dozen

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  Cellar: 5 - 8 Years (2007-2010)

  ABV: 14%

  Closure: Cork

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  Medium to full red, with just a touch of purple remaining; powerful, complex dark fruits, chocolate and savoury lemon/vanilla oak on the bouquet, then a similarly powerful palate where earth and chocolate join the chorus of flavours promised by the bouquet; persistent tannins, of course. It's hard to suggest this will be regarded as a great Grange in 20 years or so, but it is nonetheless in the mainstream of Grange style.
  94 points 
  James Halliday - Australian Wine Companion 2021
  
  The 1997 Grange (a blend of 96% Shiraz and 4% Cabernet Sauvignon) looks to be a classic Grange, although slightly softer and more forward than the backward 1996. The saturated purple-colored 1997 offers a gorgeously sweet nose of blackberry liqueur, cherries, camphor, chocolate, plums, and mocha. The wine is opulently-textured, extremely soft, layered, and seductive, with Grange's tell-tale personality well-displayed, but in a seamless, seductive style. This is a superb Grange that can hold its own against the more heralded 1996. Anticipated maturity: 2005-2022.
  94 points
  Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate 2002
  

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  2006 Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon

  Barossa Valley, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $650. 00

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  "Yet again Bin 707 undisputedly retains its Grange of Cabernet mantra - the 2006 vintage will certainly hold its own in any Bin 707 vertical!" - Peter Gago, winemaker.

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  An effortlessly luxuriant and pure wine, with juicy blackcurrant and cassis fruit supported by positive, but fine and ripe tannins; only Penfolds can use 100% American oak to such good effect. Great 707. Drink by 2036.
  96 points
  James Hallidays Wine Companion 2009

  A deep, dark and brooding cabernet that simply needs plenty of time to unlock its brooding layers of rich, meaty fruit. Scented with a wild, heady and floral perfume, it’s steeped in dense aromas of cassis, violets, cedar and dark, high-cocoa chocolate. Framed by a drying cut of firm, fine-grained and kernelly tannin, it’s long, sumptuous and profoundly ripened, finishing with persistent and slightly meaty flavours of dark plums and prunes. I have no doubt the wine has the balance to flower, eventually! (South Australia, 19.1/ 96 points, drink 2036-2046+) - Jeremy Oliver

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• 1990 Penfolds Bin 90A Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $499. 00

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  Tasted 23/05/2001
  Made from a blend of Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon & Barossa Valley Shiraz. 1990 was an excellent vintage. Opaque brick red colour. Excellent nose, filled with the aroma of vanilla, chocolate, spice and blackcurrant, with a cedar background. The palate displays excellent weight and concentration, with flavours of cedar and blackcurrant dominant. Fine grained firm tannins, warm back palate, followed by long aftertaste. Cellar 4-5 years.
  87 points

  Other Reviews….
  Deep garnet in color, this wine reveals relatively youthful creme de cassis and blackberry preserve aromas with hints of pencil shavings, dried mint and coffee grounds. Medium-full bodied, it is generously fruited with a solid backbone of fine, finely grained tannins and crisp acid, finishing long with lingering black berry and earth layers. Tasted 2012.
  96 points
  Lisa Perrotti-Brown – Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate

  Deep red/purple. Intense, blackcurrant/raspberry/cedar aromas with hints of tobacco and spice. Palate is immensely concentrated and multi layered with blackberry/prune flavours, underlying sweet oak, grainy tannins and long, smoky finish. All the elements are welded together in a balanced, harmonious whole. Classic Penfolds.
  Rewards of Patience Fourth Edition 

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  1998 Penfolds RWT Barossa Shiraz

  Barossa Valley, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $250. 00

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  $3000.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 14.5%

  Closure: Cork

  The RWT is Penfolds winemakers' code for ‘Red Winemaking Trial’ and the RWT is regarded by John Duval and the winemaking team as the understudy of Grange, and the ultimate expression of Barossa Shiraz. Development work commenced in 1995 and the first vintage was launched in May 2000 to wide critical acclaim. In the winemakers' words “Its style is opulent and rich, contrasting with Grange, which is more concentrated. RWT is made from fruit selected for its aromatic qualities and fine texture, rather than sheer intensity or power of flavour.” Matured for 15 months in new French oak.

  An outstanding vintage is the Barossa Valley, which began late but ultimately resulted in a perfect crop due to warm summer weather.

  The below tasting notes were made at the 50th Anniversary Dinner of Penfolds Grange at Magill in South Australia on November 26th 2001. They were written in less than ideal tasting conditions. The pomp and ceremony of the occasion and low level lighting, together with the constant chatter on the table, all made a less than perfect tasting environment. I am sure, many of the wines would have scored a point or two higher under perfect tasting conditions and, thus the notes are to be read with this proviso in mind. - Nick Chlebnikowski

  A spectacular wine, and a triumph for John Duval. Totally opaque, black crimson colour. Aroma of blackberry, spice, liquorice, vanilla and toasted oak – a wonderfully concentrated sniff. On the palate, monumental structure and flavour. Spice, liquorice, vanilla, oak and blackberry all meshed superbly and supported by fine grained, firmish tannins. Perfect balance, followed by exceptionally long aftertaste.
  Alc/Vol: 14.5%

  First Tasted: June 2001

  Totally opaque, black crimson purple black colour. Magnificent, classic Barossa opulence on the nose – powerful, perfumed, with aroma of violets, vanilla, liquorice and plum. The palate is a concentrate of ripe plums – with exceptional depth and refinement. Flavours of sweet vanillin beans, liquorice, plums and spice fill every corner of the mouth. Outstanding length and persistence – perfect balance – an absolute showcase of a wine. Cellar 15-20 years.

   

   

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  1998 Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $650. 00

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  Cellar: 8 - 10 Years (2009-2011)

  ABV: 13.5%

  Closure: Cork

  An outstanding Cabernet Sauvignon and more approachable than the 1996 Grange which was tasted along side it, as part of a tasting of the Penfolds Super Premium Red wine releases. Opaque, crimson colour with a black heart. Superb aromas. The Cabernet is obvious from the first sniff - sophisticated, very refined, yet surprisingly open at this stage. Aromas of cedar, blackcurrant, tobacco and violets, with just the faintest trace of leafy Cabernet as an end note. The palate is tight knit, with dusty Cabernet dry tannins perfectly matched to the classy blackcurrant, cedar and liquorice flavours. On the back palate the leafy character reappears but is handled as a complexing layer of flavour, rather than the usual mischievous fault that it can be. Outstanding length and depth of flavour. Very concentrated, with exceptionally long aftertaste of cedar, tobacco and blackcurrant. A Classic 707 from the Greatest Vintage of the last century.

  RATING: 94/100

  VALUE: XXXXX/5

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  1997 Penfolds Grange Magnum (1500ml)

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $1750. 00

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  Cellar: 10 - 16 Years (2012-2018)

  ABV: 14%

  Closure: Cork

  The 1997 vintage is made predominantly from Shiraz (96%) with a small amount of Cabernet Sauvignon (4%) added.A very refined Grange with great power and concentration but without the bulky palate weight. Very deep brick red colour. Magnificent nose with aroma of vanilla confectionary, violets and spice - almost perfumed. The palate flavours are very concentrated, with dark chocolate, spice, ripe plum, mocha & vanilla over a very peppery background. Outstanding length and depth. Fine firmish tannins, dry yet perfectly balanced. The aftertaste heralds a magnificent finish and lasts for several minutes with plum, mocha and liquorice evident.
  Cellar 5 - 8 years (2007 - 2010)
  Alc/vol 14%

  RATING: 96/100

  VALUE: XXXX/5

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  Notes Sourced from The Rewards of Patience - Fifth Edition (2004):
  Drinking Window: 2007 – 2030
  Deep opaque crimson. Sumptuous, fragrant, rum/dark chocolate/blackberry/blueberry aromas with some herbal/violet notes. The palate is deeply concentrated with cranberry/blueberry/dark chocolate flavours, lovely oak integration and smooth fine tannins. Finishes chalky and firm. A remarkable wine considering vintage conditions and its place between the great 1996 and 1998 Granges.
  96% Shiraz, 4% Cabernet Sauvignon. Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale and Bordertown. Late spring rains followed a generally wet winter. Generally dry, cool conditions prevailed during October and November. A hot burst of weather arrived during summer but cooler temperatures and a week of rain during February slowed down ripening.A warm dry period followed over vintage.

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• 1980 Penfolds Grange Hermitage

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $999. 00

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  ABV: 12.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Notes Sourced from The Rewards of Patience - Fifth Edition (2004):
  Outstanding vintage
  Drinking Window: Now – 2025
  Deep crimson brick red. Intense plum/blackberry/menthol/mocha/liquorice aromas. The tannins are pronounced but offset by stylish, rich, concentrated dark berry/chocolaty fruit. A powerful and generously proportioned wine.
  96% Shiraz, 4% Cabernet Sauvignon. Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley, Clare Valley, Magill Estate (Adelaide), McLaren Vale and Coonawarra. A fine,warm growing season followed by a cool but late vintage. First vintage adopting consistent use of signature red Penfolds capsules.

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  Notes souced from Southcorp.

  Region: Barossa Valley, Clare Valley, Magill, McLaren Vale & Coonawarra.

  Grape varieties: 96% Shiraz & 4% Cabernet Sauvignon

  Alcohol: 12.5% Total acids: 6 grams per litre. pH: 3.60

  Growing season/vintage: Generally good growing season with fine and warm conditions followed by a cool vintage. Another unusual vintage in that the grapes ripened late, but very fully.

  Comments: "A good year and quite a good wine", said Max Schubert (with a degree of understatement) in 1993. Rated 96/100 points by Robert Parker in 1990.

  Tasting notes:size> Intense fruit, beautifully balanced and structured. Overall impression of elegance. Great potential. (Rewards of Patience, 1st ed., 1985)

  Classy. Developed, but with greater complexity still to come. Beginning to drink well. (Rewards of Patience, 2nd ed., 1990)

  A very Rhôney wine, with a decidedly smoky Côte Rôtie style. Impressive. (Robert Joseph, WINE [UK], June 1992)

  Deep red to brick red. Sweet, plummy nose with toasty oak, some development and a trace of camphor. Very good fruit intensity and balance in the mouth: powerful and long with concentration but also suppleness. Very good strength and cellaring potential. Drink 1995-2015. (Huon Hooke, 1993)

  Sweet, plum-like, brambly aromas with dark chocolate and earthy characters developing. Tightly-packed, plummy, cedary flavours on the palate combined with lovely ripe but firm tannins and length give this wine both elegance and power. Has the structure and concentration to support long-term development. Another classic. (Rewards of Patience, 3rd ed., 1994)

  Sinewy, with good cassis/cherry fruit. Tannin, fruit and oak all in balance. (Ultimate Grange Experience, Nov. 1994)

  "Medium red/purple. Intense, fragrant chocolate/cherry/prune/dried fig aromas. Dense and chewy with generously ripe, prune/chocolate fruit flavours, pronounced grainy tannins and superb length. Will emerge as a classic Grange. Drink between now and 2015." (Southcorp Wines, The Rewards of Patience, Fourth Edition, March 2000)

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  1996 Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $650. 00

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  Cellar: 5 - 15 Years (2004-2014)

  ABV: 13.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Other Reviews….

  Full red-purple; concentrated, ripe, cassis and blackberry fruit leaps from the glass, with oak present but trailing behind. The palate is as rich, ripe, succulent and concentrated as the bouquet suggests, redolent with cassis, and long, lingering tannins.
  97 points
  James Halliday – Halliday Wine Companion

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• 1988 Penfolds Grange Hermitage

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $999. 00

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  ABV: 13.5%

  Closure: Cork

   

  Notes sourced from Southcorp Wines

  Regional sources: Kalimna (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley, Padthaway & McLaren Vale.

  Grape varieties: 94% Shiraz & 6% Cabernet Sauvignon

  Alcohol: 13.5% Total acids: 7.6 grams per litre. pH: 3.36

  Growing season: Ideal growing season conditions, followed by a warm, unhurried vintage.

  Comments: First vintage to use Padthaway grapes. Considered by some to be an uncharacteristically soft, fruity Grange.

  Tasting notes: size> The '88 [barrel sample] was in many respects the most surprising: while the much warmer [than 1987] vintage has resulted in opulently ripe (yet not jammy) fruit, the tannins are less aggressive than would have been expected. An interested observer (and taster) throughout the proceedings was Max Schubert, and this was his pick of the wines between '83 and '88. (James Halliday, Weekend Australian, Dec. 1988)

  An earlier-drinking Grange vintage, which nevertheless needs another five or six years to build typical mature Grange character, and should then drink for 15 years. There's the usual rich, concentrated fruit and generous oak, the wood perhaps less obvious than usual, with plenty of plummy Shiraz fruit. In the mouth, it's sweet and full, with violets and licorice tones and no heaviness or excessive tannins. Another superb Grange". (Huon Hooke, Sydney Morning Herald, Aug. 1993).

  Less oaky than most vintages, elegant even: tightly structured cherry, plum, violets and licorice flavours with coconutty oak touches, firm tannin. (Huon Hooke/Mark Shield, Penguin Good Wine Guide, 1994-95)

  Highly perfumed and concentrated wine with sweet, cherry/plum/licorice aromas and vanillin oak. Rich, multi-layered palate with opulent plum and chocolate-like flavours. Sweetness of fruit combines with well-balanced, fine-grained tannins, resulting in a wine with excellent structure and great generosity of flavour. (Rewards of Patience, 3rd ed., 1994)

  Great harmony and flavours. Dusty, integrated oak in balance with generous plum/raspberry-like fruit. Gaining in weight and structure. (Ultimate Grange Experience, Nov. 1994)

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• 1995 Penfolds Grange - Signed by John Duval

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $799. 00

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  $9588.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 13.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Please note: Bottle is signed on the front by then Penfolds winemaker John Duval. 

   

  Notes Sourced from The Rewards of Patience - Fifth Edition (2004):
  Drinking Window: 2006 – 2020
  Deep crimson. Scented, herb garden/blackberry/spicy nose. Elegantly structured but well-concentrated wine with blackberry/cedar/spice flavours and ample, fine, but leafy tannins. An earlier drinking Grange.
  94% Shiraz, 6% Cabernet Sauvignon. Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley and Magill Estate (Adelaide).A period of drought and September frosts reduced potential yields. Warm, dry conditions prevailed until late March/early April when a cooler weather pattern marked by drizzle set in.

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  Notes sourced from Southcorp Wines.

  The 1995 Grange is the 45th consecutive vintage of the wine that carries the flag internationally and domestically for the Australian wine industry. Penfolds Grange was created by the legendary winemaker, the late Max Schubert, who died at 79 in 1994 after a 60-year career with Penfolds. Grange's weight and concentration can be traced to rigorous selection of intensely-flavoured Shiraz grapes from mature vines in some of South Australia's finest vineyards. The quantity of Grange made each year is determined by the availability of grapes of the required quality and style. Penfolds multi-region, multi-vineyard blending policy enables winemakers to reduce the impact of vintage variation to the point where experts the world over consider Grange to be among the most consistent of the world's great wines. Partial fermentation and 18 months of maturation in new American oak adds complexity and highlights the Shiraz fruit richness. Grange receives almost four years of bottle age, moderating the raw power of youth and allowing the wine's components to begin a long process of integration and development. Despite a difficult vintage, rigorous selection of intensely-flavoured grapes from mature vines in some of the finest South Australian vineyards produced a wine that exceeded vintage expectations.Made from 100% Shiraz the wine was matured for 17 months in 100 per cent new American oak hogsheads.

  Tasting Notes: Deep red colour. The nose is complex with masses of concentrated plum, raspberry and blackberry fruit aromas and hints of leather, dark chocolate and spice. The palate Displays all the classic hallmarks one would expect of Grange, this is a full-bodied, richly-flavoured wine with ripe, dark stewed fruits and mixed spices with seamless, perfectly integrated oak and chewy tannins. It is generally agreed that Grange begins to drink at its best 12 to 15 years from vintage date and can continue to improve in the bottle for years after that. The 1995 vintage is developing quicker than the more robust 1993 and 1994 vintages. 13.5% alcohol volume.

  "Medium-full red/purple. Defined, dark plum/cassis fruit interwoven with well-seasoned, toasty, spicy oak. Powerful and dense palate with very seductive sweet, rich, raspberry/prune/liquorice/ginger fruit, massively structured tannins, cedar/spice oak and long, chocolatey finish . Still meshing together but destined to become a classic Grange. Drink between 2008 and 2030." (Southcorp Wines, The Rewards of Patience, Fourth Edition, March 2000)

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  1999 Penfolds Grange

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $899. 00

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  ABV: 14%

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  Other Reviews….
  The 1999 Grange does not come close to such great Granges as the 1998, 1996, 1991, and 1990. Dense ruby/purple to the edge, with a bouquet of blackberries, mulberries, and floral-like aromas, and medium to full body, the 1999 has an acid punch, but also tremendous layers of fruit and extract. Not massive, but elegant and nicely layered, it requires another 2-3 years of cellaring, and should last for 12-15 years.
  92 points
  Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate 2004
  
  Concentrated blackberry and licorice fruit, the oak perfectly integrated. A powerful, masculine style, a touch more austere than the '98.
  95 points
  James Halliday - Australian Wine Companion 2021

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• 1982 Penfolds Grange Hermitage

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $999. 00

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  ABV: 13.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Notes Sourced from The Rewards of Patience - Fifth Edition (2004):
  Drinking Window: Now – 2010
  Deep crimson. Aromatic sweet cassis/blackberry/herb garden aromas. A supple, refined wine with sweet, cassis/cedary flavours, spicy oak and fine chocolaty tannins. A good vintage.
  94% Shiraz, 6% Cabernet Sauvignon. Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley, Magill Estate (Adelaide), Modbury Vineyard (Adelaide) and Clare Valley. A mild growing season followed by a hot vintage. Most 1982 Penfolds wines have a particular vintage character, often described as “exaggerated ripe fruit”.

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  Notes sourced from Southcorp wines

  Region: Barossa Valley, Clare Valley, Magill & Modbury (Adelaide Plains).

  Grape varieties: 94% Shiraz & 6% Cabernet Sauvignon

  Alcohol: 13.5 per cent. Total acids: 6.9 grams per litre.pH: 3.39

  Growing season/vintage: A very good vintage in South Australia with a mild growing season which ended with a burst of warm weather.

  Comments: Most 1982 Penfolds reds share a particular vintage character: a quite distinctive richness and fleshiness of fruit. This vintage of Grange rated 96/100 points by Robert Parker in 1990. Max Schubert also considered it "a very good wine".

  Tasting notes:size> Generous, lifted "fleshy" fruit is typical of the '82 vintage. A distinctive and great Grange. (Rewards of Patience, 2nd ed., 1990)

  Very ripe blackberry fruit and toasty oak nose, hints of vanilla and mint. Masses of delicious fruit throughout, very elegant and supple but undeniably full-bodied. Seems deceptively light when put beside other Granges, but when tasted in other company it's very much a Grange and should age as well as any. (Huon Hooke, 1991)

  Like some other 1982 Penfolds reds, is developing in a curious direction. Exaggerated blackcurrant jam, crme de cassis nose, uncharacteristic and seems to lack the complexing oak of other Granges. Smooth, elegant, long-flavoured and stylish in the mouth, surprising on the finish with assertive tannin. While some believe this is drinking already, I would wait and hope that it builds more Grange character. (Huon Hooke, 1993)

  Rich, sweet plum jam aromas with a hint of leafiness. Soft, smooth palate with opulent, jam-like flavours, soft tannin structure and forward fruit, A unique Grange that reflects the super-fleshy fruit characters of this vintage in South Australia. Regular monitoring of this wine's progress is suggested. Drink now to 2005. (Rewards of Patience, 3rd ed., 1994)

  "Medium red/purple. Christmas cake/ blackcurrant essence aromas with touches of raspberry. Sweet and ripe with plum/ blackcurrant essence fruit and supple tannins. A typically flavoured wine. Will hold for many years but unlikely to improve. Drink between now and 2008." (Southcorp Wines, The Rewards of Patience, Fourth Edition, March 2000)

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  1989 Penfolds Grange Hermitage

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $899. 00

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  ABV: 13.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Notes Sourced from The Rewards of Patience - Fifth Edition (2004):
  Drinking Window: Now – 2020
  Medium crimson-purple. Intense rum/raisin/chocolate (a touch herbal) aromas and flavours. Plenty of fruit sweetness and cassis/chocolate notes, but tannins build up quite firm and tight at the finish.
  91% Shiraz, 9% Cabernet Sauvignon. Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale. Extreme heat and heavy March rains followed an ideal, warm growing season.

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  Notes sourced from Southcorp Wines

  Regional sources: Kalimna (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley & McLaren Vale.

  Grape varieties: 91% Shiraz & 9% Cabernet Sauvignon

  Alcohol: 13.5% Total acids: 6.8 grams per litre pH: 3.54

  Growing season/vintage: A generally good growing season led into a difficult vintage marked by heatwave conditions at the beginning of March, followed by heavy rain. The result was soft, richly-flavoured wines, generally for earlier drinking.

  Comments: Considered a rich, soft, fruity Grange for relatively early drinking -- a reflection of 1989 vintage conditions.

  Tasting notes:size> Very sweet blackberry jam nose, very open for a Grange so young and reminding somewhat of the 1982. A big, lush, supple and well-balanced mouthful of flavour, tannic but not tough, and shaping up like another relatively early-maturing style. Drink 2000-2015. (Huon Hooke, 1993)

  The nose is sweet and relatively open, with blackberry jam and coconutty oak notes. In the mouth it's big, supple, sweet, lush, and balanced with persuasive but smooth tannin. (Huon Hooke/Mark Shield, Penguin Good Wine Guide, 1994-95)

  Ripe, fragrant, raspberry/blackberry aromas with a hint of aniseed. Sweet, soft palate with luscious, spicy, blackberry-like fruit and supple, balanced tannins. The oak component is temporarily dominated by fruit. This is a lovely but relatively early-maturing Grange. Drink 1998-2010. (Rewards of Patience, 3rd ed., 1994)

  Spicy, soft and accessible. Will develop relatively quickly. (Ultimate Grange Experience, Nov. 1994)

  "Medium-full red/purple. Cherry/blackcurrant pastille-like fruit aromas. Silky, supple palate with blackcurrant and plum-like fruit aromas. Silky, supple palate with blackcurrant and plum- like fruit, dense, slightly bitter tannins, and firm finish. A little simple for Grange but will hold and may improve. Drink between now and 2015." (Southcorp Wines, The Rewards of Patience, Fourth Edition, March 2000)

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• 1981 Penfolds Grange Hermitage Magnum (1500ml)

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $1999. 00

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  ABV: 12.7%

  Closure: Cork

  Notes Sourced from The Rewards of Patience - Fifth Edition (2004):
  Drinking Window: Now – 2025
  Deep crimson brick red. Liquorice/dried fig/baked red fruit aromas. A powerfully concentrated andmuscular wine with chocolate/raisin fruit, earthy nuances and a touch of American oak. The tannins are soupy and dense and build up very chalky and dry at the finish. Will it ever soften out?
  89% Shiraz, 11% Cabernet Sauvignon. Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley, Magill Estate (Adelaide), Modbury Vineyard (Adelaide), Clare Valley and Coonawarra. A warm, hot, drought-affected summer followed by a warm, dry vintage.

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  Notes sourced from Southcorp Wines

  Regional sources: Magill, Kalimna (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley, Clare Valley, Modbury (Adelaide Plains) & Coonawarra.

  Grape varieties: 89% Shiraz & 11% Cabernet Sauvignon

  Alcohol: 12.7 per cent Total acids: 6.2 grams per litre. pH: 3.58

  Growing season/vintage: A warm-to-hot, drought-affected summer, followed by a normal vintage.

  Comments: According to John Duval, vintage conditions resulted in a "big", tannic Grange, typically savoury and robust. Rated 97/100 points by Robert Parker in 1990.

  Tasting notes:size> Good Grange that needs more time to soften. Powerful wine with great potential. (Rewards of Patience, 2nd ed., 1990)

  Very full-bodied wine, youthful and still showing "smoked meats" barrel-fermented oak character, also vanilla and coffee overtones. Savoury and powerful in the mouth with good grip and balance, very long, with chewy, mouth-coating tannins. Long-term potential. (Huon Hooke, 1993)

  Intensely complex and savoury wine with smoky/meaty/spicy aromas and some toasty oak characters. A combination of rich, fleshy, chocolatey and smoky flavours are balanced with pronounced tannins and length, resulting in a wine of immense concentration and powerful structure. Long-term cellaring potential. Drink 1995-2013. (Rewards of Patience, 3rd ed., 1994)

  "Medium-full red/purple. Very complex, briary/earthy/cedar aromas. Restrained, structured palate with sweet, cedary/truffly/ earthy fruit, marked tannins and underlying oak. An austere vintage that will develop further. At the moment a little disjointed. Drink between now and 2010." (Southcorp Wines, The Rewards of Patience, Fourth Edition, March 2000)

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• 1985 Penfolds Grange Hermitage

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $2300. 00

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  ABV: 13.1%

  Closure: Cork

  Notes Sourced from The Rewards of Patience - Fifth Edition (2004):
  Drinking Window: Now – 2015
  Deep crimson. Intense plum/camomile/violet/earthy aromas. An elegantly structured wine withblackberry/black olive/plum flavours, good fruit sweetness and firm savoury tannins.
  99% Shiraz, 1% Cabernet Sauvignon. Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley, Clare Valley and Modbury Vineyard (Adelaide). Cool to mild growing season and vintage punctuated byintermittent rains. Late rains delayed picking.

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  Notes Sourced from Southcorp Wines

  Regional sources: Kalimna (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley, Clare & Modbury (Adelaide plains.)

  Grape varieties: 99 per cent Shiraz & 1 per cent Cabernet Sauvignon

  Alcohol: 13.1% Total acids: 6.1 grams per litre. pH: 3.47

  Growing season/vintage: Cool to mild growing season followed by similarly good conditions at vintage, with late rain delaying picking.

  Comments: Rated 90/100 points by Robert Parker in 1990. Elegant, cool-year wine.

  Tasting notes:size> Beautifully balanced and structured wine with strong cassis/berry aromas and flavours set against oak with an unexpected touch of clove/spice. The tannins have been judged to perfection. (James Halliday, Weekend Australian, Dec. 1988)

  Sweetly scented with coconut, cherry and plum, a hint of mint. Slightly plain and closed at first, then opening up with more fruit and mint. Quite full-bodied and firmly tannic, without the dense fleshiness of warmer vintages. A good wine; needs several years before drinking, say 2000-2015. (Huon Hooke, 1993)

  Ripe plum and sweet berry fruit aromas, still youthful. Sweet, spicy, plum and cherry-like flavours combine with pronounced, gripping tannins on the palate. An elegant wine. Drink 1998-2015. (Rewards of Patience, 3rd ed., 1994)

  "Medium-full red/purple. Restrained, with earthy/pruney/meaty aromas and leafy touches of. Tightly structured palate with blackberry, cedar, leafy/herbal flavours and a firm backbone of tannin. Great mouthfeel. May develop further in the bottle. Drink between now and 2010." (Southcorp Wines, The Rewards of Patience, Fourth Edition, March 2000)

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• 2002 Penfolds Magill Estate Shiraz

  Adelaide, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $164. 99

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  Other reviews... The 2002 Shiraz Magill Estate (a single vineyard cuvee whose debut vintage was 1983) spent 15 months in primarily new French oak and some larger American hogsheads. It possesses sweet aromas of vanillin, white chocolate, cassis, and flowers. Medium to full-bodied, expansive, pure, and nicely textured, this complex beauty is somewhat European in its restraint and elegance. Enjoy it over the next 10-15 years. 90 points - Robert Parker, Wine Advocate #161 Oct 2005

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• 1983 Penfolds Grange Hermitage Magnum (1500ml)

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $1999. 00

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  ABV: 13.3%

  Closure: Cork

  Notes Sourced from The Rewards of Patience - Fifth Edition (2004):
  Outstanding vintage
  Drinking Window: Now – 2030
  Deep crimson. Ripe powerful prune/plum/black cherry/mocha/smoky aromas. A luscious, richlytextured palate with prune/plum/dark chocolate/liquorice flavours and dense ripe tannins. A superbly concentrated wine. A great Grange vintage.
  94% Shiraz, 6% Cabernet Sauvignon. Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley, Magill Estate (Adelaide) and Modbury Vineyard. A bizarre growing season marked by drought, the Ash Wednesday bushfires and March flooding. A very low-yielding vintage resulting in wine of immense concentration.

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  Notes sourced from Southcorp Wines

  Region: Barossa Valley, Magill & Modbury (Adelaide Plains)

  Grape varieties: 94% Shiraz & 6% Cabernet Sauvignon

  Alcohol: 13.3% Total acids: 7.1 grams per litre. pH: 3.41

  Growing season/vintage: This vintage was seriously affected by the 1982 drought, less by the devastating Ash Wednesday (Feb. 15) bushfires and March flooding. Summer rainfall was a little more than half the average, followed by record rains in March. Vintage weather was very hot before the rains came.

  Comments: An extraordinary season of heat, drought, fires and then floods, which resulted in small yields of huge wines with very long keeping potential. The 1983 Grange was rated 92/100 points by Robert Parker in 1990. "Very big and concentrated", said Max Schubert in 1993. Rigorous fruit selection meant a much smaller than usual Grange make.

  Tasting notes:size> Packed with flavour... there are potent aromas of mint and dark chocolate while the wine is fruit-driven through the early and mid-palate, with voluptuous though not jammy flavours. Strong tannins take over on the finish and the wine is destined for a very long cellaring future. (James Halliday, Weekend Australian, Dec. 1988)

  Great big bastard. Makes the earth move. (Huon Hooke, Wine & Spirit Buying Guide, 1988)

  Blockbuster Grange with massively powerful fruit and oak. Enormous strength. Will live for decades. (Rewards of Patience, 2nd ed., 1990)

  Extraordinary concentration of fruit. It is still very closed but there's bags of tightly packed gamey/spicy flavours and a fascinating spicy/herby finish. (Robert Joseph, WINE [UK], June 1992.

  Dense, concentrated, latent, with sweet, plummy fruit and obvious American oak in the mouth. One of the biggest-ever Granges, formidably robust and grippingly tannic, with no pretence to elegance. It should be locked away for the long term and will start to drink well at the turn of the century. 2000-2020. (Huon Hooke, 1993)

  Dense, powerful chocolate/spice/plum/briar aromas with some American oak-derived coconut. A highly concentrated wine showing pronounced extract and tannins balanced with sweetness of fruit and obvious American oak. The wine is beginning to show some complexing "cigar box" characters but is still very youthful. This will be a great Grange. (Rewards of Patience, 3rd ed., 1994)

  Stunning wine with harmony and equilibrium. Great future. (Ultimate Grange Experience, Nov, 1994)

  "Red/purple. Intense, rich, brambly/blackberry fruit with touches of cedar and liquorice. Beautifully concentrated, with abundant blackberry/apricot fruit and plenty of meaty/ cedary characters, plush, pronounced tannins and underlying sweet oak. Super wine. Drink between now and 2020." (Southcorp Wines, The Rewards of Patience, Fourth Edition, March 2000)

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• 1992 Penfolds Grange

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $750. 00

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  ABV: 13.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Notes Sourced from The Rewards of Patience - Fifth Edition (2004):
  Drinking Window: Now – 2022
  Deep crimson. Smoky/dark chocolate/blueberry/plum aromas. Well rounded, balanced palate withripe blueberry/plum/dark chocolate flavours and fine grained slightly leafy tannins. Finishes very firm and tight.
  90% Shiraz, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley, Coonawarra and McLaren Vale. A cool to mild growing season marked by intermittent rains.

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  Notes sourced from Southcorp. No other red wine in Australia can rival the reputation, consistent quality or proven development pattern of Penfolds Grange. The pinnacle of the Penfolds red wine range, Grange is a rich, opulent, full bodied Shiraz, destined for a long cellar life. The winemaking process involves great attention to detail, from selecting the best possible grapes sourced from low-yielding, old Shiraz vines, through to fermentation and fastidious oak maturation. The unique and distinctive Grange style is based on ripe Shiraz fruit and stylish Americanoak in fine harmony. The 1992 Grange has great complexity and balance. It is powerful and rich with mouth-coating tannins.

  Grape Variety: Shiraz

  Oak Maturation: Fermentation finished in and matured in new American oak barrels for 18 months.

  Alc/Vol: 13.5% Acidity: 7.0 grams per litre. pH: 3.32

  Winemaker John Duval's Comments:

  Colour: Deep, dense, dark brick-red with purple crimson hues.

  Nose: The bouquet displays all the distinctive hallmarks of classic Grange abundant, sweet, ripe berried fruit coupled with balanced integrated oak. As it breathes, the wine reveals alluring tobacco, smoked roasted nuts and concentrated blackcurrant nuances.

  Palate: The palate has intense, sweet, rich fruit with pronounced yet rounded ripe tannins. The wine has excellent structure and integration of spicy, earthy fruit and firm oak, finishing with great length of flavour.

  The 1992 Grange has the structure to age well with careful, long-term cellaring. Grange inevitably throws a sediment after some years in the bottle and should be decanted. A wine to enjoy with rare roast beef, rich game dishes or matured cheeses.

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• 1984 Penfolds Grange Hermitage Magnum (1500ml)

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $1750. 00

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  ABV: 14.2%

  Closure: Cork

  Notes Sourced from The Rewards of Patience - Fifth Edition (2004):
  Drinking Window: Now – 2015
  Deep crimson. Perfumed, red berry/cassis/toasty/mocha/herb aromas and some malt oak characters. The palate is seductively smooth with redcurrant/leafy blackcurrant fruit and soft, slinky tannins. A really well balanced, delicious wine.
  95% Shiraz, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley, Magill Estate (Adelaide), McLaren Vale, Clare Valley and Coonawarra. A cool growing season followed by a cool, dry late vintage.

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  Notes Sourced from Southcorp Wines

  Regional sources: Kalimna (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley, Magill, Coonawarra, McLaren Vale & Clare Valley.

  Grape varieties: 95% Shiraz & 5% Cabernet Sauvignon

  Alcohol: 14.2% Total acids: 6.1 grams per litre. pH: 3.63

  Growing season/vintage: Generally good; a cool summer followed by cool, dry conditions at what as a late vintage.

  Comments: An "elegant" Grange, rated 89/100 points by Robert Parker in 1990.

  Tasting notes:size> Great finesse and elegance. Very much the product of a cool vintage, with far lower tannins and the oak a fraction dominant at this stage. (James Halliday, Weekend Australian, Dec. 1988)

  Concentrated fruit and strong, balanced tannins are pronounced on the palate. Needs time to develop. (Rewards of Patience, 2nd ed., 1990)

  A lighter-bodied Grange, but still big, this has lovely balance and fineness, starting to build the typical earthy, meaty, matured characters, but with unusual tobacco and cedar cool-year nuances. Lively acidity; very intense flavour. A very good wine without the fleshiness of top-year Granges. Drink 1996-2008. (Huon Hooke, 1993)

  Blackcurrant and plum aromas combine with developed chocolate and caramel-like characters. The palate is elegant, with cedary, chocolatey, tobacco-like flavours and supple tannins. This is a "useful" Grange for relatively early drinking, now to 2010. (Rewards of Patience, 3rd ed., 1994)

  "Medium-full red/purple. Forward but complex wine with sweet, prune/cherry aromas and touches of mint. Very seductive palate with sweet, fleshy, chocolate/berry/truffle fruit flavours balanced by finely grained, slightly gripping tannins. Early drinking but will hold. Drink between now and 2009." (Southcorp Wines, The Rewards of Patience, Fourth Edition, March 2000)

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• 1978 Penfolds Grange Hermitage

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $1350. 00

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  $16200.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 13.3%

  Closure: Cork

  Notes Sourced from The Rewards of Patience - Fifth Edition (2004):
  Outstanding vintage
  Drinking Window: Now – 2018
  Deep brick red. Mature gamy/earthy/apricot/chocolate aromas with some minty nuances. A richlyconcentrated wine with plenty of sweet dark chocolate/prune/dark fruit flavours and savoury,cedary tannins. A very good Grange year.
  90% Shiraz, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley, Magill Estate (Adelaide), McLaren Vale, Clare Valley and Coonawarra. A warm, dry growing season followed by mild vintage conditions.

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  Notes sourced from Southcorp Wines

  Region: Kalimna (Barossa Valley), Magill, McLaren Vale, Clare Valley & Coonawarra.

  Grape varieties: 90% Shiraz & 10% Cabernet Sauvignon

  Alcohol: 13.3% Total acids: 5.2 grams per litre. pH: 3.68

  Growing season: Fairly warm, dry season and a mild vintage, resulting in wines at the richer end of the spectrum.

  Comments: Like the 1963, 1978 Grange has grown in stature with age. Rated 98/100 points by Robert Parker in 1990.

  Tasting notes: size> Typical of Grange style. Complex fruit/oak character, great depth of flavour. (Rewards of Patience, 1st ed., 1985)

  Complex, well-balanced. Developed but firm. Will continue to improve in bottle. (Rewards of Patience, 2nd ed., 1990)

  Good colour, not much brown. Earthy, woodsy, some cigar box, quite complex Grange bouquet, with a touch of crushed ants. Big, sweet, gently developed licorice flavour, fleshy and mellow. Probably at its peak: a lovely drink now and should hold till at least 2005. (Huon Hooke, 1993)

  Richly concentrated bouquet showing dark chocolate, tobacco and cigar box characters with some spice. Rich and fleshy, with dense, sweet, truffle and berry-like fruit. Although soft and quite developed now, underlying tannin and acid structure suggest further aging potential. A lovely wine. (Rewards of Patience, 3rd ed., 1990)

  "Medium red. Complex, cedar/tobacco/gamey aromas with plenty of sweet fruit. Highly concentrated and beautifully textured wine with lovely, sweet, blackberry/smoky/earthy fruit and liquorice, fine grainy tannins and dry finish. Softening out well but should continue to develop. Drink between now and 2010." (Southcorp Wines, The Rewards of Patience, Fourth Edition, March 2000)

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  1996 Penfolds Grange Magnum (1500ml)

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $1999. 00

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  $23988.00 Dozen

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  Cellar: 15 - 20 Years (2016-2021)

  ABV: 14%

  Closure: Cork

  Penfolds Grange is Australia’s greatest red wine which was first developed by Max Schubert, with the 1951 vintage. Today, this wine, which has long become a curio, still commands extraordinary prices at auctions, with recent sales of just under A$50,000 a bottle recorded. In the past two decades the great Grange years are (without any argument) 1996,1990, 1986 – with 1998 being the ‘Vintage of Last Century.’ This makes the 1996 exceptionally desirable as an investment piece and a necessary addition to any serious cellar.

  At over A$300 a bottle, the cry goes out that this wine is over the top – it’s too expensive to drink! Now, lets think about that notion for a moment. We have little doubt that your last holiday cost many times more than a bottle of Grange, or even a 6 pack of Grange, and at the end of the day what is it that you have? Fond memories, a collection of happy pics, and an overburdened credit card. Grange offers all that, plus – it has become a tradeable commodity – a highly desirable and saleable wine that will continue to escalate in value over the next 10-30 years.

  The dedicated wine collectors will argue, that wine for investment is an athema – and should only be purchased to consume. We have no argument with either case, - collect to drink or invest, either way, happiness will come to you in time.

  Penfolds Grange is a National Living Treasure and an International Wine Icon. The 1996 Grange is far too young to drink at this point in time, but it must be tasted to determine its potential. To be fair, the wine was not rested and opened just a day after it arrived - a tough call by any measure. The wine is monumental in its structure and clearly built to last the next 30 years - it is also very much in the traditional mould of Grange and certainly reflects top quality fruit from a Great Vintage.

  The below tasting notes were made at the 50th Anniversary Dinner of Penfolds Grange at Magill in South Australia on November 26th 2001. They were written in less than ideal tasting conditions. The pomp and ceremony of the occasion and low level lighting, together with the constant chatter on the table, all made a less than perfect tasting environment. I am sure, many of the wines would have scored a point or two higher under perfect tasting conditions and, thus the notes are to be read with this proviso in mind. - Nick Chlebnikowski

  A great contemporary Grange. Opaque crimson colour. Aroma of violets, spice, vanilla, confectionary, blackberry and plum. Mouthfilling palate – a total concentrate with flavours of blackberry, blackpepper, vanilla, oak and plum in great abundance. Very youthful. Fine grained, firmish tannins, yet perfectly balanced.
  Cellar 15-20 years (2017-2022)
  Alc/Vol: 14.0%

   First Tasted: May 2001

  Totally opaque colour with deep crimson hues. The nose is initially rather closed and as the wine reaches room temperature, the aroma slowly unfold. Concentrate of blackberry, vanilla and blackpepper aromas begin to evolve. This wine is in no hurry to display its virtues. The palate is tight and clearly made of very solid 'foundations'. No immediate sex appeal here, just the promise of a great experience sometime down the track. Coax the wine and the plum, spice and strong blackpepper flavours begin to evolve. Outstanding marriage of fruit and oak, nothing is obvious, yet nothing is missing. The tannins are fine, very firm and totally necessary for the degree of concentrated fruit. Slowly as the wine warms, so the length of the palate increases, and an exceptionally long aftertaste manifests itself. This is a great Grange. Solid, concentrated, very firm, yet still yielding enough flavour and structure to demonstrate its deserved status as Australia's greatest red wine. Cellar 15-30 years.

  RATING: 96/100
  VALUE: XXXX/5

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  Notes Sourced from The Rewards of Patience - Fifth Edition (2004):
  Outstanding vintage
  Drinking Window: 2006 – 2040
  Deep crimson-purple. Decadently rich, gloriously exuberant wine with rich ripe blueberry/darkchocolate/musky plum/meaty aromas. A very rich, sweet concentrated palate crammed with musky plum/mocha fruit and balanced with savoury, cedar oak and abundant ripe chocolaty tannins. Classic Grange.
  94% Shiraz, 6% Cabernet Sauvignon. Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale and Magill Estate (Adelaide). Superb winter rainfall replenished soil moisture levels. This was followed by mild and dry weather conditions resulting in a vintage of exceptional quality.

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  1993 Penfolds Grange

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $850. 00

  Bottle

  $10200.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 13.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Notes Sourced from The Rewards of Patience - Fifth Edition (2004):
  Drinking Window: Now – 2018
  Deep crimson. Very scented apricot/camomile/dark berry/smoky aromas with faint hints of mint. The palate is rich and concentrated with apricot/prune/chocolate flavours and supple grainy tannins. Finishes quite firm. An earlier maturing wine from the latest Grange vintage on record.
  86% Shiraz, 14% Cabernet Sauvignon. Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley andCoonawarra. A very wet growing season was followed by warm, drier conditions, resulting in a very late but sound quality vintage fruit. An Indian Summer in Coonawarra delivered fully ripened fruit.

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  Notes sourced from Southcorp Wines.

  Grange is the benchmark by which all other reds in Australia, and, increasingly, overseas, are often measured. The reasons for this are many yet straightforward: Concentration of flavour - Grange is decadently rich with layer upon layer of flavour that coats the tongue and scents the breath minutes after swallowing. This kind of fruit weight can only come from the finest, old vine fruit and low yielding vineyards. Complexity - the profuse aromas that leap from a glass of Grange defy the typical adjectives used by wine tasters. These are hedonistic aromas of rich ripe fruits and spice yet with an "otherness" of which wine tasters speak of in hushed tones. Further, each time the taster returns to the glass the wine has evolved new aromas, new interest, new reasons to get excited. Longevity - Grange blossoms with 15 to 20 years of bottle age, when most other reds have past their best, and better vintages can live and continue developing for decades longer. And finally, Heritage - first produced by Max Schubert in 1951, the '93 Grange represents over 40 years ofwinemaking excellence.

  Vintage Conditions: In many years Grange is a law unto itself, producing wines with a balance and concentration of flavour that seem to defy, or at least exceed, vintage expectations. 1993 was a very good vintage for Barossa Shiraz. It is an outstanding year for Grange.

  Oak Maturation: Matured in 100% new American oak for 18 months.

  Alc/Vol: 13.5% Acidity: 7.3 pH 3.55

  Winemaker John Duval's Comments:size>

  Colour: Dense plum red merging to brick red on rims.

  Nose: Intense blackcurrant and plum with malt, fig and licorice aromas that leap from the glass. This has all the characters of a classic Grange.

  Palate: What is promised on the nose is delivered on the palate - a powerful, concentrated, opulent wine. Layers of Shiraz fruit and first class oak manifest themselves into a seemingly endless variety of flavours - deep plum, licorice, black olive, chocolate, cedar, coffee, etc, all compressed into a silken, round mouthfeel. Forceful, ripe tannins are balanced by sheer weight of fruit. It is hard to believe that 100% new American oak was used - the intensity of fruit has all but soaked it up.

  Serving and Cellaring suggestions: As mentioned above, Grange is a wine that will develop over at least thirty years in the cellar. It is recommended that wine lovers wait at least 10 to 15 years however the wine can be, and often is, enjoyed in its youth for its sheer opulence and power. It is the ultimate match with rich red meat dishes.

  "Medium-full red/purple. Deep, intense blackberry/gamey aromas with touches of camphor. Sweet and ripe with plum/cassis, slightly gamey fruit, loose-knit but gripping tannin structure and good overall length. Probably a medium-term wine. Drink between 2005 and 2018." (Southcorp Wines, The Rewards of Patience, Fourth Edition, March 2000)

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• 1993 Penfolds Grange Magnum (1500ml)

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $1750. 00

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  $21000.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 13.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Notes Sourced from The Rewards of Patience - Fifth Edition (2004):
  Drinking Window: Now – 2018
  Deep crimson. Very scented apricot/camomile/dark berry/smoky aromas with faint hints of mint. The palate is rich and concentrated with apricot/prune/chocolate flavours and supple grainy tannins. Finishes quite firm. An earlier maturing wine from the latest Grange vintage on record.
  86% Shiraz, 14% Cabernet Sauvignon. Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley andCoonawarra. A very wet growing season was followed by warm, drier conditions, resulting in a very late but sound quality vintage fruit. An Indian Summer in Coonawarra delivered fully ripened fruit.

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  Notes sourced from Southcorp Wines.

  Grange is the benchmark by which all other reds in Australia, and, increasingly, overseas, are often measured. The reasons for this are many yet straightforward: Concentration of flavour - Grange is decadently rich with layer upon layer of flavour that coats the tongue and scents the breath minutes after swallowing. This kind of fruit weight can only come from the finest, old vine fruit and low yielding vineyards. Complexity - the profuse aromas that leap from a glass of Grange defy the typical adjectives used by wine tasters. These are hedonistic aromas of rich ripe fruits and spice yet with an "otherness" of which wine tasters speak of in hushed tones. Further, each time the taster returns to the glass the wine has evolved new aromas, new interest, new reasons to get excited. Longevity - Grange blossoms with 15 to 20 years of bottle age, when most other reds have past their best, and better vintages can live and continue developing for decades longer. And finally, Heritage - first produced by Max Schubert in 1951, the '93 Grange represents over 40 years ofwinemaking excellence.

  Vintage Conditions: In many years Grange is a law unto itself, producing wines with a balance and concentration of flavour that seem to defy, or at least exceed, vintage expectations. 1993 was a very good vintage for Barossa Shiraz. It is an outstanding year for Grange.

  Oak Maturation: Matured in 100% new American oak for 18 months.

  Alc/Vol: 13.5% Acidity: 7.3 pH 3.55

  Winemaker John Duval's Comments:size>

  Colour: Dense plum red merging to brick red on rims.

  Nose: Intense blackcurrant and plum with malt, fig and licorice aromas that leap from the glass. This has all the characters of a classic Grange.

  Palate: What is promised on the nose is delivered on the palate - a powerful, concentrated, opulent wine. Layers of Shiraz fruit and first class oak manifest themselves into a seemingly endless variety of flavours - deep plum, licorice, black olive, chocolate, cedar, coffee, etc, all compressed into a silken, round mouthfeel. Forceful, ripe tannins are balanced by sheer weight of fruit. It is hard to believe that 100% new American oak was used - the intensity of fruit has all but soaked it up.

  Serving and Cellaring suggestions: As mentioned above, Grange is a wine that will develop over at least thirty years in the cellar. It is recommended that wine lovers wait at least 10 to 15 years however the wine can be, and often is, enjoyed in its youth for its sheer opulence and power. It is the ultimate match with rich red meat dishes.

  "Medium-full red/purple. Deep, intense blackberry/gamey aromas with touches of camphor. Sweet and ripe with plum/cassis, slightly gamey fruit, loose-knit but gripping tannin structure and good overall length. Probably a medium-term wine. Drink between 2005 and 2018." (Southcorp Wines, The Rewards of Patience, Fourth Edition, March 2000)

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  2004 Penfolds Block 42 Kalimna Cabernet Sauvignon

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $999. 00

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  $11988.00 Dozen

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  Other reviews... It’s not known exactly when the Kalimna Block 42 was planted but there are suggestions that the vines existed during the latter part of the 19th Century. They could be the oldest Cabernet vines in the world, although the famous Metala Cabernet vineyard in Langhorne Creek was known to have been planted in 1891 so could very well pre-date Kalimna. Regardless, I’ve been there and the vines are truly old. Only very rarely does Penfolds release this as a single vineyard wine, when the Cabernet is so fabulous it can’t possibly be blended. The 2004 Block 42 Kalimna Cabernet Sauvignon was such a vintage. Matured in 100% new American hogsheads for 13 months, it displays a very deep garnet-purple color and profoundly earthy / gamey aromas over black cherry preserves, creme de cassis plus scents of leather, pencil shavings, Mediterranean herbs, black truffles, underbrush and black olives. The elegant, medium-bodied palate is tightly-knit and led by structure with a high level of grainy tannins, very high acid and a long earthy finish. Approachable now, it should continue to evolve and drink to 2025+.
  97 points Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Wine Advocate #192 Dec 2010

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  2002 Penfolds Grange Magnum (1500ml)

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $1999. 00

  Bottle

  $23988.00 Dozen

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  Cellar: 15 - 20 Years (2022-2027)

  ABV: 14.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Grange is both Penfolds and arguably Australia’s most famous wine and is officially listed as a Heritage Icon of South Australia. The 2002 vintage is produced from a blend of 99% Shiraz and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon and was aged for 15 months in new American oak hogsheads.

  A spectacular Grange – that needs decades to fully express itself. Totally opaque, black purple colour with black purple hue. Superb nose – perfumed with violet, spice top notes. The palate is structured in such a way as to slowly release its flavour compounds over many decades. Flavours of vanilla, spice and liquorice allsorts – followed by a black pepper back palate. Perfect balance. Very long aftertaste of spice and black pepper. A collectors Grange.
  Cellar 15-20 years (2022-2027). Bottle number 74197 tasted.
  Alc/Vol: 14.5%

  Other Reviews...
  Last but not least is Australia’s most famous wine, the 2002 Shiraz “Grange”. The 2002 version was sourced from 77.5% Barossa Valley and 22.5% from McLaren Vale. Included in the blend is 1.5% Cabernet Sauvignon. It spent 17 months in 100% new American oak. Opaque purple, it gives off an ethereal bouquet of violets, saddle leather, blueberry, blackberry, pencil lead, and chocolate. This is followed by a full-bodied wine with tremendous concentration, multiple layers of flavor, ripe tannins, and great balance. Thick and rich, with a 60-second finish, it will slowly blossom over the next 15-20 years and provide pleasure through 2050. It is a legend in the making! Penfolds, arguably Australia’s most famous winery, continues to perform at a high level under the leadership of Head Winemaker, Peter Gago.
  Rating 98
  Drink 2007 - 2050
  Jay Miller - Wine Advocate #173 Oct 2007

  Starred in the October 2007 Rewards of Patience tasting, just as it did when first released. A wonderful bouquet of a multitude of dark fruit aromas, the palate with impeccable texture and balance; a seamless array of blackberry, spice and licorice flavours, oak perfectly pitched. Destined to become of the great Granges.
  Drink Now-2042 with Wagyu beef
  97 points     14.5° alc
  James Halliday’s Top 100

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  2009 Penfolds St Henri Shiraz

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $99. 99

  Bottle

  $1199.88 Dozen

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  Cellar: 8 - 10 Years (2021-2023)

  ABV: 14.5%

  Closure: Screw Cap

  Produced from a blend of 97% Shiraz and 3% Cabernet with maturation taking place in large old oak vats for a period of 14 months. It’s vineyard sources include Robe, Barossa Valley, Adelaide Hills, Wrattonbully, Clare Valley & McLaren Vale. Opaque black crimson colour with dark crimson red black hue. Nosing offers up scents of liquorice, some meatiness, subtle blackberry, confectionary, some spicy oak and blackpepper. Full bodied the palate possesses a soft fleshy mouthfeel showing controlled richness with liquorice and blackberry flavours prevalent over some spicy toasted oak, vanillin confectionary and blackpepper. Excellent length with very fine grained tannins that provide a solid framework. Very long liquorice, blackberry, subtle toasty oak, vanillin confectionary and blackpepper aftertaste.
  Cellar 8-10 years.
  Alc 14.5%

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• 2000 Penfolds Grange Magnum (1500ml)

  Barossa Valley, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $1650. 00

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  $19800.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 14%

  Closure: Cork

  Penfolds’ renowned 2000 Grange is only the fifth vintage to be made from 100% Shiraz (the others being 1951, 1952, 1963, and 1999). It is also, atypically, 100% Barossa fruit. While it is not considered to be one of the great Granges, the 2000 exhibits outstanding potential, and is much more accessible than usual. One of the top wines I tasted from this vintage (which has had to take a back seat to subsequent years), its dense ruby/purple color is followed by a big, sweet nose of blackberries, cherries, chocolate, and earth. With decent acidity, ripe, silky tannin, superb intensity, wonderful equilibrium, and a more open-knit, softer, accessible style than usual, it can be drunk now or cellared for 15-16 years. While this is no wimpy wine, it is an ideal example for readers who are unwilling to invest the patience required for the big, blockbuster Granges.
  93 Points
  Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate # 161 (Oct 2005)

  Notes sourced from Southcorp

  Grange is both Penfolds and arguably Australia's most famous wine and is officially listed as a Heritage Icon of South Australia. Grange boasts an unbroken line of vintages from the experimental 1951 and clearly demonstrates the synergy between shiraz and the soils and climate of South Australia.

  Penfolds Grange displays fully-ripe, intensely-flavoured and textured shiraz grapes in combination with new American oak. The result is a unique Australian style that is now recognised as one of the most consistent of the world's great wines. The Grange style is the original and most powerful expression of Penfolds multi-vineyard, multi-district blending philosophy.

  The 2000 Penfolds Grange is an excellent example of the Grange style transcending a most challenging South Australian 2000 vintage. The 2000 vintage is sourced entirely from the Barossa Valley, (40% Kalimna) and is produced from 100% Shiraz. The wine was aged for 18 months in new American oak hogsheads.

  Vintage Conditions: As in most south-eastern districts, some rain fell between Christmas and New Year, followed by very dry and very hot conditions until March. Crops were down by 20-40% producing parcels of 'Grange' quality in the Barossa.

  Tasting Notes: Deep (bright) red crimson colour. On the nose smoky barrel fermented notes hover above a complex base of black liquorice, tobacco, black pepper, exotic spices and plummy, berried fruits. A mouthfilling, generous and expansive palate, as expected of this marque. Dark chocolate and plum fruits court a deceptive play of substantial ripe tannins and, at this relatively early stage, provide for a more powerful Grange stamp on the palate than on the nose. Oak plays a supportive role and is perfectly integrated and absorbed. This is a wine of admirable balance and poise, with trademark mid-palate richness.
  14% Alc/vol.

   

  Other reviews......

  Good depth to the colour; seamless blackberry fruit and vanilla/cedar oak; abundant power and concentration; sultry blackberry, dark chocolate and spice; persistent but balanced tannins. Exceptional outcome for an ordinary vintage; obviously strict selection criteria used.

  Rating 96

  Drink 2025

  "James Halliday - 2006 Australian Wine Companion"

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  2003 Penfolds Grange Magnum (1500ml)

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $1999. 00

  Bottle

  $23988.00 Dozen

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  Cellar: 4 - 30 Years (2012-2038)

  ABV: 14.4%

  Closure: Cork

  Notes Sourced from Penfolds...
  Grange is arguably Australia's most famous wine and is officially listed as a Heritage Icon of South Australia. Grange boasts an unbroken line of vintages from the experimental 1951 and clearly demonstrates the synergy between Shiraz and the soils and climates of South Australia. Penfolds Grange displays fully-ripe, intensely-flavoured and textured Shiraz grapes in combination with new American oak. The result is a unique Australian style that is now recognised as one of the most consistent of the world's great wines. The Grange style is the original and most powerful expression of Penfolds multi-vineyard, multi-district blending philosophy.

  The 2003 vintage was sourced from vineyards located in Barossa Valley, Coonawarra, McLaren Vale and Magill. Made from a blend of 97% Shiraz and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon, the wine was matured for 15 months in new American oak hogsheads.

  The 2003 vintage was initially warm and dry, becoming milder later in the season. These conditions prompted an early start of harvest with the fruit reaching optimum ripeness evenly. The vintage produced Shiraz with dense colour, impressive varietal characters and soft tannins.

  Deep red colour. The nose is captivating, complex and complete. Unravelling aromatics unfurl with air - blue fruit notes entwined with barrel ferment and maturation elements; nothing singular, always in tandem. Sweet soy, cola and quince paste high notes escape from an ethereal layer (aniseed, fennel and fresh treacle ginger pudding) wafting above. The palate displays dark and liqueur chocolate, laced with Moroccan spices. An underlying tar/graphite blackness is lifted by derived fruit/quince pie flavours - a few years earlier they may have been more brashly varietal and elemental. Pronounced tannins sweep across the palate, although they are certainly part of the wine, never obtrusive. Long, layered and compelling, this wine is at the spicier end of the Grange spectrum.
  Drink 2012 to 2038
  14.5% Alc

  Other Reviews...
  To be frank, I agonised over the inclusion of this wine, which is not in the same class as the 2002 or the forthcoming '04, '05 and '06 (a brilliant trio). But it is Australia's iconic red wine, and will improve out of sight over the next 20 years. Deep and bright colour; density and structure; the fruit is rich, but not spongy or dead. Ultra careful selection.
  Drink 2015-2030 (leave it in the cellar)
  95 Points
  James Halliday – The Australian Top 100 – 2008

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  2005 Penfolds St Henri Shiraz

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $199. 00

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  $2388.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 14%

  Closure: Screw Cap

  Penfolds St Henri is unusual among high quality Australian red wines as it does not rely on any new oak. It is matured in old, 1460-litre vats that allow the wine to develop, imparting minimal, if any oak character. Although a small proportion of Cabernet is sometimes used to improve structure, the focal point for St Henri remains Shiraz.
  St. Henri Shiraz has been consistently outstanding over the last decade. The 2005 vintage was produced from a blend of 90% Shiraz and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon and was matured in old large oak vats for 16 months. Opaque black crimson colour with black crimson hue. Perfumed nose with violet top note, followed by vanilla, confectionary, spice and cedar. Generous palate with flavours of plum, spice, blackberry, stewed fruit, and cedar. On the back palate, flavours of confectionary, chocolate, spice, black pepper and plum emerging. Fine grained tannins. Aftertaste of spice, plum and cedar.
  Alc/Vol: 14.0%
  
  Other reviews....
  A substantial wine in all respects, with more richness and mouthfeel than many of the 1980s and & 90s; the array of black fruits with a twist of cassis is perfectly balanced, as is the oak and tannin support.
  94 points
  James Halliday - Wine Companion (June 2021)
  

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• 1962 Penfolds Grange Hermitage

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $4000. 00

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  $48000.00 Dozen

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  Closure: Cork

  Notes sourced from Southcorp Wines.

  Grape Varieties: A blend of 87% Shiraz and 13% Cabernet Sauvignon the fruit was sourced from Adelaide Hills and Kalimna (Barossa Valley).

  Total acids: 6.9 grams per litre. pH: 3.64 Alcohol: 12.2%

  Vintage Conditions: Copybook season in the vineyard with ideal warm, fairly dry weather and a warm, dry vintage.

  Tasting Notes: size> First Grange to be made predominantly from Kalimna (Barossa Valley) rather than Magill (Adelaide) fruit. Also the first and only Grange to use Adelaide Hills fruit. After the 1955, this is the second most successful Grange in Australian wine shows with four trophies and 20 gold, 10 silver and three bronze medals. Considered a top vintage from the start.

  Considered one of the very best Granges. (Aust. Financial Review, Oct. 1981)

  Colour: medium full red-brown, almost identical to the marvellous 1955. Bouquet: glorious, complex minty oak and fruit. Palate: a full and long flavour with persistent tannin on the finish and marvellous fruit on the mid-palate. Still full of life and beautifully structured. (James Halliday, National Times, Nov. 1982)

  A classic Grange. Marvellous minty bouquet. Deep and rich palate. Outstanding wine, wonderful drinking. (Rewards of Patience, 1st ed., 1985)

  A great wine with power, length and concentration, a complexity assisted by new oak and a smooth, mellow palate that seemed to go on for ever. (Huon Hooke, 1992)

  Fragrant, rich and complex. A Grange of the front rank. (Ultimate Grange Experience, Nov. 1994)

  "Becoming rare. Often considered a classic Grange vintage. Can be quite cedary with plenty of sweet fruit and finely grained tannins. Bottles with good levels and appearance are invariably drinking well. Drink now." (Southcorp Wines, The Rewards of Patience, Fourth Edition, March 2000)

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  2006 Penfolds Grange

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $899. 00

  Bottle

  $10788.00 Dozen

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  Cellar: 10 - 20 Years (2021-2031)

  ABV: 14.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Originally tasted 2011
  A stunning Shiraz that will no doubt evolve into one of the all time great vintages of Penfolds Grange.
  Super saturated, totally impenetrable, black crimson colour with very deep, black dark crimson red hue. The nose displays great power, yet is still in it’s relative infant stages of development, with a superb kaleidoscope of aromas to unfurl themselves in the coming years. Super ripe blackberry and liquorice aromas are to the fore followed by a touch of violets, dark chocolate, mocha and vanilla. The intensity of the nose indicates that a wine of great power and concentration is to come and one is not let down. Dense, super concentrated and with power to burn, this Grange is destined for a long life of cellaring, although it’s not entirely unapproachable now. Layer upon layer of explosive, opulent fruit unravels itself on the palate in quite magnificent fashion. Dark chocolate, liquorice, blackberry and dark plum flavours, with an overlay of mocha and vanillin oak. Sublime depth and persistence and quite opulent in texture. Very fine grained, but firm tannins that are concealed by the sheer volume of fruit. Exceptionally long aftertaste of blackberry, dark chocolate, liquorice, vanillin oak and spice.
  Cellar 10-20 years (2021-2031)
  Alc 14.5%
  
  Other Reviews….
  Deep crimson; its bouquet has a strikingly complex array of black characters that run all the way from the first whiff to the finish and aftertaste: licorice, tar, bitter chocolate, blackberry, prune and plum. The tannins are prominent, and play their part with each successive sip of the steadily building impact on the very long palate, but they are in balance with the fruit and oak of an extremely powerful Grange.
  98 points
  James Halliday - Australian Wine Companion 2021
  
  Made from fruit coming predominantly from the Barossa Valley this year (97%) and containing 2% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2006 Grange has been added to my list of favorite recent vintages. Deep garnet-purple colored, it’s still a little youthfully mute, offering notes of warm cherries, black currants, anise, coffee and toast with underlying hints of soy, yeast extract, black olives and Indian spices. Tight-knit and solidly structured on the medium to full-bodied palate, the concentrated fruit is densely coiled around the firm grainy tannins and very crisp acidity at this stage, but promises something very special in the years to come. It finishes very long, complex and layered with the cedar poking through the fruit purity. Patience is required for this vintage; it should begin opening out around 2016 and drink to 2030+.
  98+ points
  Lisa Perrotti-Brown – Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate 2011
  

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• 1979 Penfolds Grange Hermitage Magnum (1500ml)

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $4500. 00

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  $54000.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 13%

  Closure: Cork

  Notes Sourced from The Rewards of Patience - Fifth Edition (2004):
  Drinking Window: Now – 2018
  Deep brick red. A complex, aromatic wine with dark chocolate aromas and lifted rum and raisin fruit characters. The palate is big and solid with plenty of fruit sweetness, earthy/chocolate complexity and ample (but drying) tannins.
  87% Shiraz, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon. Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley, Clare Valley, Magill Estate (Adelaide) and McLaren Vale. An unusually wet (but hot) growing season. Magnums first released.

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  Notes sourced from Southcorp Wines.

  Grape Varieties: A blend of 87% Shiraz & 13% Cabernet Sauvignon the fruit was sourced from Magill (Adelaide), McLaren Vale, Clare Valley & Kalimna (Barossa Valley).

  Total Acids: 5.6 grams per litre. pH: 3.72 Alcohol: 13%

  Vintage Conditions: An unusual season with a hotter than average summer followed by a mild but wet vintage.

  Tasting Notes:size> "Not quite up to the mark", said Max Schubert in 1993. John Duval says the odd, hot-but-wet season resulted in a wine which lacks typical Grange structure and has developed relatively quickly. Rated 92/100 points by Robert Parker in 1990. Last vintage bottled using off-white foil capsules. First vintage to be bottled in magnums (1500ml) as well as standard 750ml bottles. Usually, 600 magnums are bottled each year.

  Big, sweet, fruit/oak. Complex flavour. Lighter year. Cellar. (Rewards of Patience, 1st ed., 1985)

  Developed, complex "leatheriness". Very good drinking as it softens over the next five to eight years. (Rewards of Patience, 2nd ed., 1990)

  Beginning to show some maturity, this wine has turned into a heady cocktail of chocolate, coffee, honey and cherry. (Robert Joseph, WINE [UK], June 1992)

  Deep, youthful colour. Strong cherry-stone, plummy nose, fairly youthful with a trace of tar and not showing much oak. A less punchy style after the blockbusters of 1975-77. Mild and perhaps even slightly short. Drink now till perhaps 2000. (Huon Hooke, 1993)

  Intense dark cherry and plum-like aromas with some developed, meaty characters. Cherry and plum-like flavours, plus hints of tar, continue on to the palate, which is elegantly fruity. Although showing good sweetness of fruit, the wine is, arguably, lacking in length. (Rewards of Patience, 3rd ed., 1994)

  Earthy, with integrated oak. Liquorice and dark cherry fruit but the tannin is very strong relative to the fruit. (Ultimate Grange Experience, Nov. 1994)

  "Medium red/purple. Complex, developing aromas with plenty of soft, slightly lifted, tobacco/berry/gamey fruit. Palate is highly concentrated with rich, cedar/blackberry fruit, massive, firm, dry tannins and long flavoury finish. Tannins are too much at the fore at the moment, but could soften out over time. Drink between now and 2007." (Southcorp Wines, The Rewards of Patience, Fourth Edition, March 2000)

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  2008 Penfolds Grange

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $999. 00

  Bottle

  $11988.00 Dozen

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  Cellar: 15 - 20 Years (2028-2033)

  ABV: 14.5%

  Closure: Cork

  The 2008 Penfolds Grange is a blend of 98% Shiraz and 2% Cabernet Sauvignon with ageing taking place in new American oak hogsheads for 19 months. Spectacular super saturated inky black purple colour showing impenetrable depth with very deep black purple hue. The aromas explode out the glass – perfumed scents of liquorice, dark chocolate, ripe blackberry and dark plum are overlaid by mocha and subtlety toasted vanillin oak nuances. A sniffer’s paradise!
  Opulence, power and decadence grace the palate with super concentrated flavours of ripe blackberry, dark chocolate bullets and dark plum which interplay with mocha and spicy vanillin oak. Firm structured tannins are the order of the day, necessary to handle the power and richness of the fruit providing the wine with a somewhat chewy finish. Exceptional persistence with magnificently long aftertaste of ripe blackberry, dark chocolate, mocha and spicy vanillin oak.
  Cellar 15-20 years plus.
  Alc 14.5%
  
  Other Reviews….
  Very deep garnet-purple in color the 2008 Grange reveals a truly decadent nose with tons of spices, fruit cake and black & blue fruit compote notes along with nuances of chocolate and potpourri. The full and rich, multi-layered palate has a little oak still showing, it is going through a little bit of a structural stand-out stage, but it doesn't detract on the long and complex finish. It still needs a good few years to develop, though this very opulent, expressive Grange shows the very best of this vintage and the vineyards it hails from. Drink 2020 - 2035
  100 points
  Lisa Perrotti-Brown – Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate
  
  An utterly majestic Shiraz, sleek and seamless, brimming with ripeness on a framework that allows for grace and expressive-ness in equal measure. The intensity of fresh blueberry and plum fruit holds attention until the nuances kick in, offering glints of exotic spice, coffee, cocoa, bay leaf and mint. Shows tremendous presence without a lot of weight, the tannins present but not even close to getting in the way. A great wine now, with plenty of room to grow. Drink now through 2040
  100 points
  Wine Spectator
  
  The wine contains 98/2% shiraz and cabernet sauvignon, and spent 19 months in new American oak hogsheads in which it finished its fermentation. Densely coloured, it has an ultra-complex bouquet, with black fruits/anise/licorice, easily dealing with the oak; a remarkable wine in every way. The balance, texture and structure are faultless, so much so that the wine achieves elegance now, many years before you would expect that quality to be commented on.
  98 points
  Australian Wine Companion 2021

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  1998 Penfolds St. Henri Shiraz

  South Eastern Australia, AUSTRALIA

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  ABV: 14%

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  Tasted 18/10/2002: An outstandingly refined St. Henri - a Shiraz with sophistication of flavour and ‘breed’.Opaque black crimson colour. The nose is superb, heralding a wonderful sniffing experience. Perfumed, lifted notes of violets, spice, prune and dark chocolate. A near seamless sniff! The palate reflects the sophistication of the nose - again with near seamless integration of flavours. The very fine dry tannin structure is supported by flavours of spice, liquorice, plum and prune followed by subtle black pepper back palate flavours. Outstanding length and persistence.Very long aftertaste of spice, liquorice, blackpepper and violet.
  Alc/Vol 14%

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• 2004 Penfolds St Henri Shiraz

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $150. 00

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  ABV: 14.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Tasted 2008. Produced from a blend of 96% Shiraz and 4% Cabernet Sauvignon the wine was matured for 16 months in large (1460 litre), old oak vats which impart minimal oak character on the wine.

  Deep purple black colour with crimson hue. Aromas of confectionary, liquorice and mocha with background notes of vanillin spice and toast. As the wine warms up the nose becomes quite perfumed. Medium to full bodied palate displaying a sense of refinement with flavours of blackberry, liquorice, spice, cedar and mocha with some pepper overtones. Fine dusty dry tannins, slightly chalky giving the wine a somewhat restrained mouthfeel. Excellent length and persistence - long liquorice, plum and pepper aftertaste. An elegant St. Henri with the structure for long term cellaring.
  14.5% Alc

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• 2004 Penfolds Grange Magnum (1500ml)

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $1999. 00

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  ABV: 14.3%

  Closure: Cork

  Notes sourced from winery.
  Grange is arguably Australia's most famous wine and is officially listed as a Heritage Icon of South Australia. Grange boasts an unbroken line of vintages from the experimental 1951 and clearly demonstrates the synergy between Shiraz and the soils and climates of South Australia. Penfolds Grange displays fully-ripe, intensely-flavoured and textured Shiraz grapes in combination with new American oak. The result is a unique Australian style that is now recognised as one of the most consistent of the world's great wines. The Grange style is the original and most powerful expression of Penfolds multi-vineyard, multi-district blending philosophy.

  'The wait for this Grange release has indeed been worthwhile - arguably the finest vintage since Mother Nature's endowment of a number of stellar 1990s vintages. Just how good a vintage only time will tell, but all current indicators auger (very) well. Certainly stylistically in the mould of the wonderful 1990 & 1996 vintages.'
  Peter Gago - Penfolds Chief Winemaker

  VINTAGE CONDITIONS Above-average winter rainfall led into a promising vintage, characterised by mild conditions up until February, followed by warmer weather conditions throughout March and April. Penfolds' South Australian vineyards fared well, producing wines of elegance and intensity.

  Produced from a blend of 96% Shiraz and 4% Cabernet Sauvignon this wine was matured for 16 months in 100% new American oak hogsheads. Dark, deep red colour. The nose is enticingly fragrant, yet at once 'Grange' -elements of cola, bay-leaf, malt, Indian spices & nougat. An ethereal oriental lift of glazed Peking Duck is interspersed with fermented black Chinese tea. Oak at one with the wine, other aromatics unite to create a continuum of spice & fruit. Impressive. The palate is seamless redefined. Classic Grange structure - tight, defined & balanced, with 'slatey' / sandy tannins. Saturated fruits - blackberry and concentrated Satsuma plum skin. A darkened flavour theme of chocolate, liquorice and fermented black Chinese tea mask any overt presence of new oak, courting a long, effortless finish. Intense, powerful vs. composed, polished – an enviable counter-balance.
  Peak drinking: 2016 to 2050.
  Alc/Vol: 14.3%
  
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  The 2004 vintage was outstanding in Barossa, McLaren Vale, and Magill, the regions where the grapes were sourced for the marvelous 2004 Grange. It contains 4% Cabernet Sauvignon and was aged for 16 months in 100% new American oak hogsheads. A glass-coating opaque purple color, it displays a superb nose of wood smoke, Asian spices, incense, game, blueberry, and blackberry liqueur. Medium to full-bodied, satin textured, with deeply layered, succulent blackberry, plum, and chocolate flavors, it has the structure and complexity to merit extended cellaring of a decade and more. The winery estimates a drinking curve of 2016 to 2050; I-d be a bit more conservative on the long end of the range. It will ultimately be seen as one of the great vintages of Grange.
  99 points
  Dr Jay Miller - The Wine Advocate
  
  
  Saturated purple-crimson colour; has an amazing depth to the bouquet, oak and black fruits already seamlessly woven; the longer you spend inhaling the aromas, the more you learn about the wine within, in much the same way as a Grand Cru red burgundy. The palate delivers all that the bouquet promises, and then some; it has absolutely perfect proportions to the river of flavours running through blackberry, Satsuma plum, licorice and spice; the tannins are quite active, but totally balanced and ripe. Cork.
  14.3% alc.
  Drink 2054 Date Tasted Mar 08
  Rating 98 points
  James Halliday - Australian Wine Companion
  
  
  

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• 1985 Penfolds Grange Hermitage Magnum (1500ml)

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $1500. 00

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  $18000.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 13.1%

  Closure: Cork

  Notes Sourced from The Rewards of Patience - Fifth Edition (2004):
  Drinking Window: Now – 2015
  Deep crimson. Intense plum/camomile/violet/earthy aromas. An elegantly structured wine withblackberry/black olive/plum flavours, good fruit sweetness and firm savoury tannins.
  99% Shiraz, 1% Cabernet Sauvignon. Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley, Clare Valley and Modbury Vineyard (Adelaide). Cool to mild growing season and vintage punctuated byintermittent rains. Late rains delayed picking.

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  Notes Sourced from Southcorp Wines

  Regional sources: Kalimna (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley, Clare & Modbury (Adelaide plains.)

  Grape varieties: 99 per cent Shiraz & 1 per cent Cabernet Sauvignon

  Alcohol: 13.1% Total acids: 6.1 grams per litre. pH: 3.47

  Growing season/vintage: Cool to mild growing season followed by similarly good conditions at vintage, with late rain delaying picking.

  Comments: Rated 90/100 points by Robert Parker in 1990. Elegant, cool-year wine.

  Tasting notes:size> Beautifully balanced and structured wine with strong cassis/berry aromas and flavours set against oak with an unexpected touch of clove/spice. The tannins have been judged to perfection. (James Halliday, Weekend Australian, Dec. 1988)

  Sweetly scented with coconut, cherry and plum, a hint of mint. Slightly plain and closed at first, then opening up with more fruit and mint. Quite full-bodied and firmly tannic, without the dense fleshiness of warmer vintages. A good wine; needs several years before drinking, say 2000-2015. (Huon Hooke, 1993)

  Ripe plum and sweet berry fruit aromas, still youthful. Sweet, spicy, plum and cherry-like flavours combine with pronounced, gripping tannins on the palate. An elegant wine. Drink 1998-2015. (Rewards of Patience, 3rd ed., 1994)

  "Medium-full red/purple. Restrained, with earthy/pruney/meaty aromas and leafy touches of. Tightly structured palate with blackberry, cedar, leafy/herbal flavours and a firm backbone of tannin. Great mouthfeel. May develop further in the bottle. Drink between now and 2010." (Southcorp Wines, The Rewards of Patience, Fourth Edition, March 2000)

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• 1992 Penfolds Grange Magnum (1500ml)

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $1750. 00

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  ABV: 13.5%

  Closure: Cork

  Notes Sourced from The Rewards of Patience - Fifth Edition (2004):
  Drinking Window: Now – 2022
  Deep crimson. Smoky/dark chocolate/blueberry/plum aromas. Well rounded, balanced palate withripe blueberry/plum/dark chocolate flavours and fine grained slightly leafy tannins. Finishes very firm and tight.
  90% Shiraz, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley, Coonawarra and McLaren Vale. A cool to mild growing season marked by intermittent rains.

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  Notes sourced from Southcorp.No other red wine in Australia can rival the reputation, consistent quality or proven development pattern of Penfolds Grange. The pinnacle of the Penfolds red wine range, Grange is a rich, opulent, full bodied Shiraz, destined for a long cellar life. The winemaking process involves great attention to detail, from selecting the best possible grapes sourced from low-yielding, old Shiraz vines, through to fermentation and fastidious oak maturation. The unique and distinctive Grange style is based on ripe Shiraz fruit and stylish Americanoak in fine harmony. The 1992 Grange has great complexity and balance. It is powerful and rich with mouth-coating tannins.

  Grape Variety: Shiraz

  Oak Maturation: Fermentation finished in and matured in new American oak barrels for 18 months.

  Alc/Vol: 13.5% Acidity: 7.0 grams per litre. pH: 3.32

  Winemaker John Duval's Comments:size>

  Colour: Deep, dense, dark brick-red with purple crimson hues.

  Nose: The bouquet displays all the distinctive hallmarks of classic Grange abundant, sweet, ripe berried fruit coupled with balanced integrated oak. As it breathes, the wine reveals alluring tobacco, smoked roasted nuts and concentrated blackcurrant nuances.

  Palate: The palate has intense, sweet, rich fruit with pronounced yet rounded ripe tannins. The wine has excellent structure and integration of spicy, earthy fruit and firm oak, finishing with great length of flavour.

  The 1992 Grange has the structure to age well with careful, long-term cellaring. Grange inevitably throws a sediment after some years in the bottle and should be decanted. A wine to enjoy with rare roast beef, rich game dishes or matured cheeses.

  "Medium-full purple/red. Bright and direct blackberry/cherry/cedar aromas with hints of mint and pepper. Palate is lightly textured with sweet, blackberry/raspberry fruit flavours and some spice and pepper, moderate concentration, pronounced, chewy tannins and a dry finish. In the Grange context quite a simple wine although it will develop more complexity with age. Almost certainly an early drinking style. Drink between 2002 and 2012." (Southcorp Wines, The Rewards of Patience, Fourth Edition, March 2000)

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  2012 Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $599. 00

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  ABV: 14.5%

  Closure: Cork

  First vintaged in 1964 and only made in great years when the quality of fruit is exceptional, Bin 707 is seen as the Cabernet Sauvignon reflection of Grange. Always full bodied and intensely flavoured, Bin 707 has a proven track record for cellaring potential and ranks among the finest Cabernets in Australia.

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  Sourced from Coonawarra, Padthaway, Barossa Valley, Wrattonbully and the Adelaide Hills; the fermentation is completed in new American oak hogsheads, whereafter it is matured in those hogsheads for 14 months. There is amazing depth to the purple-crimson colour. Its full-bodied colours are nailed to the mast immediately the wine enters the mouth; it's strange how the cabernet of this wine marries with the American oak, providing the ultimate Christmas cake of aromas and flavours; one of its great strengths is the tannin structure that gives the wine its exceptional length (and mouthfeel along the way). Not made in '81, '95, '00, '03 and '11.
  98 points
  James Halliday – Australian Wine Companion

  Classic, inimitable, signature 707: blockbuster and towering, yet focused and controlled, packed with all manner of density and exacting varietal definition of black- and redcurrants, cassis, cedar, tobacco and violets, even a hint of mint, over a solid core of dark chocolate American oak. Density is impenetrable, intricately riveted together without a hairline gap between its panels, yet at the same time sleek and streamlined. Its energy, poise and super fine, commandingly structured tannins furnish an epic future. This year, a blend of Coonawarra, Padthaway, Barossa Valley, Wrattonbully and Adelaide Hills.
  97 Points
  Tyson Stelzer

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• 1981 Penfolds Grange Hermitage

  South Australia, AUSTRALIA

  $1200. 00

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  $14400.00 Dozen

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  ABV: 12.7%

  Closure: Cork

  Notes Sourced from The Rewards of Patience - Fifth Edition (2004):
  Drinking Window: Now – 2025
  Deep crimson brick red. Liquorice/dried fig/baked red fruit aromas. A powerfully concentrated andmuscular wine with chocolate/raisin fruit, earthy nuances and a touch of American oak. The tannins are soupy and dense and build up very chalky and dry at the finish. Will it ever soften out?
  89% Shiraz, 11% Cabernet Sauvignon. Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley, Magill Estate (Adelaide), Modbury Vineyard (Adelaide), Clare Valley and Coonawarra. A warm, hot, drought-affected summer followed by a warm, dry vintage.

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  Notes sourced from Southcorp Wines

  Regional sources: Magill, Kalimna (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley, Clare Valley, Modbury (Adelaide Plains) & Coonawarra.

  Grape varieties: 89% Shiraz & 11% Cabernet Sauvignon

  Alcohol: 12.7 per cent Total acids: 6.2 grams per litre. pH: 3.58

  Growing season/vintage: A warm-to-hot, drought-affected summer, followed by a normal vintage.

  Comments: According to John Duval, vintage conditions resulted in a "big", tannic Grange, typically savoury and robust. Rated 97/100 points by Robert Parker in 1990.

  Other reviews... Good Grange that needs more time to soften. Powerful wine with great potential. (Rewards of Patience, 2nd ed., 1990)

  Very full-bodied wine, youthful and still showing "smoked meats" barrel-fermented oak character, also vanilla and coffee overtones. Savoury and powerful in the mouth with good grip and balance, very long, with chewy, mouth-coating tannins. Long-term potential. (Huon Hooke, 1993)

  Intensely complex and savoury wine with smoky/meaty/spicy aromas and some toasty oak characters. A combination of rich, fleshy, chocolatey and smoky flavours are balanced with pronounced tannins and length, resulting in a wine of immense concentration and powerful structure. Long-term cellaring potential. Drink 1995-2013. (Rewards of Patience, 3rd ed., 1994)

  "Medium-full red/purple. Very complex, briary/earthy/cedar aromas. Restrained, structured palate with sweet, cedary/truffly/ earthy fruit, marked tannins and underlying oak. An austere vintage that will develop further. At the moment a little disjointed. Drink between now and 2010." (Southcorp Wines, The Rewards of Patience, Fourth Edition, March 2000)

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