Penfolds Grange
Red Blend from Australian Red
| Vintage: | 2009 |
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| Winery: | Penfolds |
| Description: | Winery Notes:. Grape Varieties: 98% Shiraz, 2% Cabernet Sauvignon. Vineyard Region: Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Clare Valley, Magill Estate. Vintage Conditions:. Near-optimum rainfall over winter, followed by dry, mild conditions over spring provided a good environment for budburst and an ideal start to the growing season with canopies developing well. Climatic conditions favoured flowering and set with mild and calm weather, however there was some shatter in Shiraz across parts of the state resulting in small crops for many regions. Some early to mid-December summer rainfall was followed by conditions drying up very quickly and continuing until the end of February. Summer was hot with some extreme heat but cool conditions returned in February and March, allowing the fruit to ripen across a long harvest with balanced acidities and excellent tannin ripeness. An elegant, yet still powerful follow up to the conditions brought about in the preceding 2008 vintage. Colour: Youthful at rim. Dense magenta. Nose: At once Grange - formic, assertive, powerful with overt barrel-ferment markers. Bright, and noticeably fragrant/perfumed at this time of tasting, in its fifth year immediately prior to release. Racy red fruits clasp onto red liquorice, aniseed aromatics. Red meats (corned beef?) with pepper and spice, rumtopf. Patiently, panforte/mascarpone/malt/dried fig aromatics appear in a second wave. No hurry - the curtain is up, the stage reserved for decades!. Palate: Captivating/tempting/alluring - yet another subtle variation on the theme/expression of this thing called Grange. Voluptuous and generous, yet poised and harmonious. Assured, and not attempting to overstate its weight/extract/presence. Immediately apparent flavours of chocolate, mocha, cola and juicy plum entwine and converge toward the panforte impression aromatically sensed earlier. Tight and defined, with excellent grip - savoury/tannic. These tannins are both integrated and balanced, colluding with 100% new oak that is all but completely absorbed. Peak Drinking: 2016 - 2050 |
| Price: | $ 799.95 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Previously available from Brown Derby International Wine Center
| Address: |
2023 S. Glenstone Springfield, MO 65804 United States |
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| Telephone (toll-free): | 800-491-3438 |
| Telephone (regular): | 417-883-4066 |
| Fax: | 417-881-0036 |
First added to 1000 Corks on May 28, 2014.
This product was inactivated March 6, 2020.
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