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94
/ 100
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate -
95
/ 100
Bob Campbell MW -
94
/ 100
Huon Hooke
Red
Classification
Shiraz
Variety
1984
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
Australia
Country
South Australia, Multi Regional
Region
13.5%
Alcohol %
15 Plus Years
Cellaring
Scores
94 / 100"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."
- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
95 / 100
"Obviously a very mature wine but, less obviously, from a fairly average vintage. Forest floor, Bovril, beef tea savoury characters underpinned by vestiges of berry fruit. Rich and appealing wine with coffee/mocha and some sweet oak. Still retaining a good tannic backbone."
- Bob Campbell MW
94 / 100
"More red fruits showing on nose; mocha, licorice and chocolate; deep and structured; serious wine; classic Grange, long term; could go another 2 decades. Tight and statuesque. 25 years+."
- Huon Hooke
Tasting Notes
A big wine, deep and chewy, firm and focused. Offers harmonious, youthful berry flavors that pick up cedar and anise accents on the finish.
- Wine Spectator
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
- Smooth
- Complex