Penfolds Grange
Vintage: | 1981 |
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Description: | "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, Wine Advocate #183 (Jun 29, 2009) |
Price: | $ 750.00 |
Price in original currency: | None |
Available from Belmont Wine Exchange
Address: |
1091 Industrial Road, Suite 107 San Carlos, CA 94070 United States |
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Telephone (toll-free): | 888-802-9929 |
Telephone (regular): | 650-802-9463 |
Fax: | 650-802-9465 |
First added to 1000 Corks on December 31, 2011.