Penfolds Grange
Syrah from South Australia
| Vintage: | 1997 |
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| Description: | Wa 94 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, October 2002 The 1997 Grange (a blend of 96% Shiraz and 4% Cabernet Sauvignon) looks to be a classic Grange although slightly softer and more forward than the backward 1996. The saturated purple-colored 1997 offers a gorgeously sweet. The 1997 Grange (a blend of 96% Shiraz and 4% Cabernet Sauvignon) looks to be a classic Grange although slightly softer and more forward than the backward 1996. The saturated purple-colored 1997 offers a gorgeously sweet nose of blackberry liqueur cherries camphor chocolate plums and mocha. The wine is opulently-textured extremely soft layered and seductive with Grange's tell-tale personality well-displayed but in a seamless seductive style. This is a superb Grange that can hold its own against the more heralded 1996. Anticipated maturity: 2005-2022. Jh 94 James Halliday, July 2011 Medium to full red, with just a touch of purple remaining; powerful, complex dark fruits, chocolate and savoury lemon/vanilla oak on the bouquet, then a similarly powerful palate where earth and chocolate join the chorus. Medium to full red, with just a touch of purple remaining; powerful, complex dark fruits, chocolate and savoury lemon/vanilla oak on the bouquet, then a similarly powerful palate where earth and chocolate join the chorus of flavours promised by the bouquet; persistent tannins, of course. It's hard to suggest this will be regarded as a great Grange in 20 years or so, but it is nonetheless in the mainstream of Grange style. Iwc 93 Stephen Tanzer's Iwc, July 2002 Deep, dark ruby-red. Heady, superripe aromas of black plum, blackcurrant, blueberry and treacle, richly endowed with dark chocolate, vanilla and creamy oak; hints of mint and eucalyptus in the background. Silky-smooth. Deep, dark ruby-red. Heady, superripe aromas of black plum, blackcurrant, blueberry and treacle, richly endowed with dark chocolate, vanilla and creamy oak; hints of mint and eucalyptus in the background. Silky-smooth, rich and creamy; remarkably approachable given its relative youth. Dripping with ripe black fruits and wrapped in firm but velvety tannins. A very good but not great Grange made without any suggestion of the portiness or overextraction so often shown by many of its imitators. - Jeremy Oliver Ws 92 Wine Spectator, September 2002 Not huge more of a human-scale Grange with beautiful plum and blueberry fruit that shines right through the long crisp fine-grained finish. A lovely wine. We 90 Wine Enthusiast, September 2002 An excellent wine but not an outstanding vintage for Grange the 1997 seems a trifle loose-knit and less "packed" when compared to great vintages in the past. Black plums and blackberries are laced with dried spices and. An excellent wine but not an outstanding vintage for Grange the 1997 seems a trifle loose-knit and less "packed" when compared to great vintages in the past. Black plums and blackberries are laced with dried spices and vanilla. |
| Price: | $ 365.00 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Previously available from J. J. Buckley
| Address: |
7305 Edgewater Drive Suite D Oakland, CA 94621 United States |
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| Telephone (toll-free): | 888-859-4637 |
| Fax: | 510-632-5400 |
First added to 1000 Corks on February 28, 2014.
This product was inactivated July 1, 2020.
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