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97
/ 100
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Red
Classification
Shiraz
Variety
1981
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
Australia
Country
South Australia, Multi Regional
Region
12.5%
Alcohol %
15 Plus Years
Cellaring
Scores
97 / 100"The 1981 stood out as slightly superior. Winemaker John Duval always felt this was a tannic style of Grange, but the wine has shed its tannins, and this is one of the few vintages where the percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon was above 10%. Sweet notes of creme de cassis, cedarwood, charcoal, and barbecue spices are followed by a full-bodied, opulent wine displaying heady amounts of alcohol, glycerin, and density in its full-bodied, skyscraper-like texture. I was drinking this wine with great pleasure in the mid-nineties, yet here it is nearly 15 years later, and the wine does not appear to have budged much from its evolutionary state. This is a testament to how remarkably well these wines hold up, and age at such a glacial pace."
- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Tasting Notes
This is a testament to how remarkably well these wines hold up, and age at such a glacial pace.
- Robert Parker
Penfolds Grange is Australia's most important wine. Beginning life as an experiment by the visionary that was Max Schubert, Grange has become a wine icon. Officially listed as a Heritage Icon of South Australia, Grange is a multi-regional masterpiece that shows power, concentration and balance to showcase the very best in Australian wine.
Intense, fragrant chocolate/cherry/prune/dried fig aromas. The palate is dense and chewy with generously ripe, prune/chocolate fruit flavours, pronounced grainy tannins and superb length.
Pairs well with a beef fillet and venison.
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity