Grape
Shiraz
Ratings
*Penfolds – Icon & Luxury Range
Exceptional – by Langton’s Classification Australian Wine
Robert Parker 94
Jeremy Oliver 90
Wine Spectator 91
Tasting Notes
Colour : Intense deep rich red.
Nose : Blackcurrant and plum aromas combined with
developed chocolate and caramel-like characters
which are enhanced by smoky oak characters.
Palate : A big, rich, and balanced wine. The palate is
elegant, with cedary, chocolaty, tobacco-like
flavours and supple tannins.
-by Official Website
The best showing ever for this wine from my perspective, this blend of
95% Shiraz and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon is considered a relatively forward,
accessible style of Grange. The color is still a dark plum/purple, and
the wine shows plenty of sweet cassis, with notes of chocolate and
toasty oak. The wine is opulent and luscious, with great intensity, full
body, and fabulous extract. The acidity seems relatively low and
integrated, and the tannins quite ripe. Drink it over the next 12-18
years.
-by Robert Parker
Fullish red-brown, with a dusty, smoky bouquet of black and red berries, vanilla/coconut oak over spicy, rather herbal undertones. Lacking a real core of fruit, quite developed and herbal, with sweet chocolate/vanilla oak lending an impression of fruit sweetness. Restrained, more elegant wine lacking the customary stamp of Grange. Drink 2004-2014
-by Jeremy Oliver
A big wine, deep and chewy, firm and focused. Offers harmonious,
youthful berry flavors that pick up cedar and anise accents on the
finish.
-by Wine Spectator