Penfolds Bin 95 Grange 2000 (1.5L)
Region Barossa, McLaren Vale, Coonawarra
Variety Shiraz Cellar 25 years (2000-2025)
Alcohol: 14%
Ratings:
*Penfolds – Icon & Luxury Range
Exceptional – by Langton’s Classification Australian Wine
Robert Parker 93
Jeremy Oliver 87
James Halliday 96
Wine Spectator 89
Tasting Notes:
Colour : Deep (bright) red crimson.
Nose : At once a youthful Grange, smoky barrel
fermented notes hover above a complex base of
black liquorice, tobacco, black pepper, exotic
spices and plummy, berried fruits.
Palate : 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.
-by Official Website
Penfolds?ˉ 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.
-by Robert Parker
An overworked and chunky shiraz clearly made from fruit that failed to
reach physiological ripeness. Wonderful new American oak fails to revive
this blocky, concentrated and hard-edged wine whose underlying greenish
capsicum-like thread is only too apparent despite its pumped-up tannic
backbone. Acceptable at best, but not as Grange.
-by Jeremy Oliver
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. Stained cork
broke on extraction.
-by James Halliday
Firm and chewy, with a gamy note running through the earthy, spicy
finish. Has intensity and persistence but the flavor profile is not
attractive at this point. Should soften with time. Best after 2008. 700
cases imported.
-by Wine Spectator