Penfolds Grange Shiraz, South Australia
From Germany
| Vintage: | 2012 |
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| Description: | If you are looking for a gift for either a wine aficionado or a person who insists on the very best, a gift that will make a statement that you are knowledgeable and dead serious, look no further. Truly an iconic wine, this is one of the world's best red wines - no argument. It is probably the best red wine we have to sell in the entire store. A blend that changes every year, this is famous for aging for up to fifty years, but is enjoyable young with a proper decant and some patience - 2012 is 98% Shiraz, 2% Cabernet. I have been lucky enough to have tried another vintage of this amazing wine and it is on my list in the top three wines I've ever tasted – off-the-charts depth and complexity. The vintage I had was about 10 years old when I tried it and it was very youthful – this wine is meant to be aged for the long haul. Unfortunately, I was not able to taste this wine so here are the wineries notes: "Nose: Unmistakably, it is what it is. In a word, Grange. (Almost) all unleashed immediately upon the first splash into the glass – exuberant, lifted, flamboyant. An aromatic ‘multi-cultural' chromatogram brazenly unfolds: First, enticing barrel ferment formics and balsamics, spliced with soy, tomato puree, black olive and liquorice (Dutch?). Then, the exotics - wafts of tiramisu/mascarpone/zabaglione (Italy?), replete with freshly roasted hazelnut and ground coffee beans (Kenya?). Palate: Fresh and refined. Nervy. Red liquorice, gravy reduction flavours and black olive tapenade to the fore. And then, just so much more! Where to start? Compelling depth - weighty/voluminous/fleshy - structurally complete and even throughout. A radiant inner sheen, yet still assertive – a film encrusted with dusty, softened tannins that coat tongue. Great length. A loss of innocence, as sculptured oak (purity/clean) and a boundless array of red fruits, congeal into a darkened pool of (un)known and (un)savoury delights! Unashamedly and quite blatantly The wine of this year's Penfolds 2016 new releases! Enough said. Peak Drinking: 2018-2055". An Australian Heritage icon - arguably its most celebrated, most powerful expression of the yearly blend Complex with fresh dark fruits, balsamic and soy notes, black olives, licorice. Weighty, grand, sculpted. Pair with Beef, lamb! |
| Price: | $ 699.99 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Previously available from The Wine Country
| Address: |
2301 Redondo Avenue Signal Hill, CA 90755 United States |
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| Telephone (toll-free): | 800-505-5564 |
| Telephone (regular): | 562-597-8303 |
| Fax: | 562-597-9493 |
First added to 1000 Corks on April 12, 2018.
This product was inactivated September 29, 2020.
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