Grange Shiraz is the most celebrated wine & is also known as the “ Heritage Icon” of Australia. Penfolds Grange uses fully ripe, intensely flavoured & textured shiraz grapes. This produces a very unique type of Australian wine & is now one of the most powerful wines in the world. Barossa Valley, Coonawarra & Magill are the vineyard regions from where the Penfolds Grange shiraz is made. Basically the wine is made from shiraz but 2% of Cabernet is added as well. The wine is then matured for 18 months in new American oak hogsheads. Tasting Notes by Peter Gago, Penfolds Chief Winemaker. Colour
- Deep blood-red, dense core. Nose
- Very Penfolds, very Barossa, very Grange! Its fabric is meshed with spice
- cinnamon, vanillin pod, nutmeg & black pepper
- tempered by teppanyaki sauces, amaretto/almond. A dark thread connects
- black liquorice, olive & fresh Arabica Palate
- Freshness & balance are welcomed, yet confuse... a few sips remind of the oft-used reference 'iron fist in a velvet glove'. All is not as it seems! Firm throughout & across palate
- reverent tannins & oak convey & propel flavours of slow-roasted lamb (avec jus), dark chocolate, cola, maraschino, with a menthol/rosemary lift to finish. Alluringly, a plush satin/cashmere mouth feel compounds the initial confusion
- accessible, yet poised to evolve & complex over many decades.