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| | Vintage | 2005 |  Label 1 of 572 
 | | Type | Red | | Producer | Penfolds (web) | | Variety | Shiraz Blend | | Designation | Grange | | Vineyard | n/a | | Country | Australia | | Region | South Australia | | SubRegion | n/a | | Appellation | n/a | | UPC Code(s) | 012354000049, 012354000131, 012354000193, 012354071100, 012354071131, 2100003527035, 8312797001125, 9310297000968, 9310297001125, 9310297001132, 9310297001712, 9310297005000, 9310297013791 |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 94.4 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 46 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by evanqian on 4/16/2024 & rated 95 points: dark red with brick hue. intense in nose: ripe dark fruits, mixed spices, vanilla and cedar. many tertiary flavours, leather, smoke and earth, with a concentrated fruity core. all integrated, well polished, fine grained tannins, generally supple but still a little firm. dark herbal and espresso in finish, lingering long. and just started stepping down from its peak.
Ap 5/5, Ar 14/15, Palate 17/20, Overall 5+4/10
Total 95/100 (108 views) | | | Tasted by Andrew67 on 3/22/2024: Balanced. I've seen many reviews that highlight the warm vintage, and this is definitely evident but the wine is not 'cooked'. The fruit profile is very good, and the balance is excellent. The quality of the fruit and the winemaking is so evident. I'm not convinced it is worth the price premium - and wouldn't buy more Grange now, but it is a very good wine. There is no sign of ageing - so another 20 years? I am not a Grange expert so don't listen to me. I have 1 more bottle - perhaps in 10 years? (245 views) | | | Tasted by Kathrynjaneevans on 12/24/2023: Happy 18th Ruby. Plum berries with a hint of chocolate (889 views) | | | Tasted by JR_Boston on 10/27/2022 & rated 92 points: Johna thought this bottle was cooked, but Roache and I thought it had great notes of chocolate, vanilla and baking spices (2633 views) | | | Tasted by Kbaig on 5/5/2022: DP retuned and got 499 (3302 views) | | | Tasted by dada99 on 12/10/2021 & rated 95 points: Delicious. A lovely wine. Much better than anticipated after the reviews I had read and drinking really well now. (4008 views) | | | Tasted by DBenke on 11/26/2021 & rated 93 points: Big wine. Great fruit. Fresh. Very good. Hint of menthol. But just a baby. Needs ten more years. (3830 views) | | | Tasted by TonyCanova on 11/3/2021 & rated 90 points: Like some of the other reviews I found this to be a very bad representation of penfolds grange. I own 82,91,98,05,12,13,14 and 16. I’m a huge fan of this wine. This 05 was prunie, oxidized and boring. Not worthy of this label. Note the bottle was in perfect shape with a perfect cork and level. Unfortunately I still have 3 bottles to have to work through to hope is bottle variation. (3696 views) | | | Tasted by DrZett on 4/19/2021 & rated 95 points: Beautiful dark red color. Great nose with lots of intense dark berries, some plum, black coffee and tobacco. On the palate very intense dark fruit aromas too. Some licorice, black pepper, and nice eucalyptus in the background. It’s full bodied with a medium acidity but it’s not jammy or overdone in any way. Firm but velvety tannins. Absolutely amazing depth and complexity. It’s not elegant but not too pushy either. Beautiful long finish.
With a little air (1-2 hours) this is already in a great drinking spot but there is no need to hurry, it will stay beautiful over at least the next 10-15 years, probably longer. (IG) (3363 views) | | | Tasted by gteran76 on 3/6/2021 & rated 95 points: Opened for 15 min, then decanted for 2 hours and back into the bottle for consumption at dinner 2 hours later.
We tasted it before going in the decanter, it was horrible, tannic and tart. When we arrived at the restaurant I poured all 6 glasses to give it more air exposure, despite the wine didn’t changed much throughout the night it was very intriguing, complex and lively. My friends described it as port, prune, licorice on the nose, leather, moca, berries and firm tannins in the palate. Some said Napa Cabernet, and Napa Cab/Cab Franc blend. Years 2010-2012...
As you can tell they were tasting it blind, all wrong but accurate in the description!
For me this wine should be held at least 5 more years, or give it about 2 hours decant and consume 12-24 hours later. Obviously not worth $500.
95+ in my book. (2955 views) | | | Tasted by Collector1855 on 3/2/2021 & rated 90 points: Penfolds Grange vertical with Peter Gago (Singapore): Penfolds dinner. From a vintage that had a heatwave during the harvest time and it shows. Oxidative nose with overripe, cooked, pruney fruit. No pleasure to drink, feels like an Amarone or an over-extracted Merlot. The Penfolds representative thought this was a phase but I have rarely see oxidative wines recover. A question mark. 88-92? (3677 views) | | | Tasted by Francois Le Mouel on 7/22/2020 & rated 94 points: Glad I opened this bottle in 2020, still in great shape but starting to develop some nutty aromas. Mostly, you get a broad-shoulder wine with eucalyptus, raspberries and tar aromas. Personally, I much preferred the Chateau L'Evangile 98 we had against it. Lacking some acidity to make it easy to drink. Decant for 3-4 hours. (3773 views) | | | Tasted by zimmy07 on 6/9/2020 & rated 93 points: This wine was opened 20 years too early. It was that massive. I bought at a retail shop in Santa Fe and was not sure how it was stored. Needless to say I killed a baby here. I drank over 3 days, it was that big. The wine was black, dark as I have ever seen a wine. Day 1 tasted of heavy mocha and toasted oak. The tannin was in line, a very round wine, just powerful. Day 2 more hints of blueberry and earth. Day 3, best drinking window had nice mocha flavoring, with leather and bakers spice. A very sexy wine, well rounded but way to early. If you have a well stored bottle I would not open for 10-15 years. and then it will still be young. But in 25 years this would be a 95+ pt wine (3145 views) | | | Tasted by evanqian on 12/1/2019 & rated 97 points: Dark red with brick rim. Rich and bold in mouth, vigorous and vibrant, can’t believe it’s 14 years old. full body, jammy dark fruits, liquorice, vanilla, with tobacco and leather, velvety tannins, heavy but smooth. Long finish with sweet herbals and creamy notes. All smooth and integrated, confident to keep in cellar for more 5-10 years.
An iconic Australia red wine, lush and dignified.
RP 97, WS 97, HH 95, JO 95
Ap 5/5, Ar 13/15, Palate 19/20, Overall 5+5/10
Total 97/100 (3227 views) | | | Tasted by Dr. Bee on 9/14/2019 flawed bottle: Corked & dead. Opened a 2006 instead. (3191 views) | | | Tasted by BartonSt on 6/29/2019: Entry mistake (3469 views) | | | Tasted by rmcnees on 4/20/2019 & rated 94 points: Dark inky garnet colored, rich concentrated, full bodied, Wine Spectator describes the nose as "a bit animal with some smoked game, mincemeat and bacon notes'. The fruit is ripe blackberry and black currant with a hint of blueberry with notes of tar, coffee, earth, black truffles, anise and hints of pepper and spice on the long finish of fine grain nicelly integrated tannins and crisp acidity.
https://unwindwine.blogspot.com/2019/04/spectacular-wine-flight-highlights-etta.html (2994 views) | | | Tasted by ShadowIII on 12/19/2018 & rated 93 points: dark berry fruits, spice, elegant, balanced, long finish (3391 views) | | | Tasted by TomOfCT on 11/11/2018 & rated 93 points: My first time with Grange. It was intriguing, but without the full complexity I expected. Felt like it was close to the peak. (3028 views) | | | Tasted by pdemaio on 10/28/2018 & rated 95 points: Big, but complex wine. Great balance and backbone. (2936 views) | | | Tasted by pdemaio on 4/17/2017 & rated 95 points: Lovely, full bodied and nuanced. Great top notes.
PDQ95+ (6179 views) | | | Tasted by SPierson on 4/19/2016 & rated 95 points: At GDKs dinner. Wine of the night easily. (8093 views) | | | Tasted by shallIshantI on 2/14/2016 & rated 93 points: We had a 2005 night with contributions from:
- Kanonkop, South Africa - Claret blend
- Hazell, California - Pinot Noir
- Grange, Australia - Syrah (Bin 95, Bottle 48964)
Kanonkop - gave nothing away on the nose. Plenty of fruit on the foretaste. Drink up now.
Hazell - much stronger perfumed bouquet. Longer in the mid range and continued. This is a v good wine.
Grange - lives up to the hype. Complex. Oak and vanilla. Medicinal. Fruit. Very long aftertaste. Could easily go another 5 years.
All were ready to drink. All had deep dark edges considering they are 11 years old.
Main course was a Beef Wellington, then cheeses (7128 views) | | | Tasted by Uglypinga on 11/22/2014: Oak, vanilla and beef on the nose. The palate is full but the fruit is tight and the tannins strong. This has lots of promise but needs years. (9894 views) | | | Tasted by Loren Sonkin on 11/21/2014 & rated 95 points: Penfolds Tasting with 5 vintages of Grange and a bunch more (Downtown Cleveland): If Grange was affordable, this would be an example of why to drink some young. Yes, it is immense and intense, but there is lot of pleasure here too. Black raspberries, cassis, spice, black pepper, grilled meats and licorice on the nose. Huge to drink but a lovely texture makes it go down very well. Lots of tannins of course. Long finish. Plenty of room to improve here, this needs a decade or more. A real treat to try tonight though. Thanks Berto. (10139 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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About Us
Australia's winemaking history of less than two hundred years is brief by European measures though, like Europe, punctuated by periods of extreme success and difficult times. From the earliest winemaking days Penfolds has figured prominently and few would argue the importance of Penfolds’ influence on Australia’s winemaking psyche.
Without the influence of Penfolds the modern Australian wine industry would look very different indeed. Sitting comfortably outside of fad and fashion, Penfolds has taken Australian wine to the world on a grand stage and forged a reputation for quality that is without peer.
Penfolds’ reputation for making wines of provenance and cellaring potential might suggest a mantle of tradition and formality is the preferred attire of a company with so much history to defend. But to label Penfolds as simply an established and conventional winemaker, would be to confuse tradition with consideration and to overlook the innovative spirit that has driven Penfolds since its foundation, and continues to find expression in modern times.
If there is anything traditional about Penfolds, it is the practice of constantly reviewing the wines it already does well, and continuously evolving and refining styles as vineyards mature and access to ever older and more varied vineyard sites improves.
Making The Best Possible Wine
At Penfolds, the role of the winemaker is to make the best possible wine within the constraints of each vintage. Penfolds’ house style emerged from a fortified-wine producing culture and evolved as a winemaking philosophy – a way of making wine – which has had a profound effect on the entire Australian wine industry.
The concept of multi-regional and vineyard blending, a feature of the Penfolds house style, is an amplification of the ‘all-round wine’. Without the constraints of a single vineyard, winemakers could choose the best possible fruit with the outstanding characteristics of each vineyard.
While American oak has played a central role in the development of Penfolds red wines, French oak has been increasingly used in the evolution of new wines – particularly RWT and Yattarna. Maturation in oak, which follows fermentation, is also key to the Penfolds house style.
The Penfolds approach to winemaking has percolated through the entire Australian wine industry over the last 50 years. The techniques employed in research and development of Penfolds wines are remarkable and many of the discoveries and innovations have had a lasting impact on winemaking thinking.
Winemakers
In Max Schubert, Don Ditter, John Duval and Peter Gago, Penfolds has nurtured four of Australia's great winemakers. They have passed the Chief Winemaker’s baton of responsibility for crafting some of Australia's most iconic wines, down through the past six decades.
Joining Peter Gago in the Penfolds winemaking team are Senior Red Winemaker Steve Lienert, Senior White Winemaker Kym Schroeter, and Red Winemakers Andrew Baldwin, Adam Clay, Stephanie Dutton and Matt Woo - also the Penfolds Fortified Winemaker. All members of the Penfolds winemaking team ensure that Penfolds’ reputation for outstanding quality is upheld.
Vineyards
Barossa Valley
Penfolds draws fruit from a combined vineyard area of 618 hectares in the Barossa region of South Australia. The Barossa is about 70 kilometres north of Adelaide and in 1911 Penfolds established a winery at Nuriootpa, completed in time for the 1913 vintage. The Barossa region is known for its relatively low rainfall with many vineyards dry grown on single wire trellising.
Magill Estate
The historic and heritage-protected Magill Estate Vineyard was established in 1844 by Dr Christopher Rawson and Mary Penfold—just eight years after the foundation of Adelaide. It was originally known as the Grange Vineyard, named after their new homestead ‘The Grange’, a cottage which still stands intact amongst the vines.
Eden Valley
Joseph Gilbert planted the first vines in the Eden Valley in 1842 and since that time the region has become synonymous with producing elegant riesling and complex shiraz. While its name suggests a concave nature, Eden Valley is actually a wide ridge, situated east of the Barossa Valley with an altitude ranging from 440 – 550 metres.
McLaren Vale
McLaren Vale is located approximately 40km to the south of Adelaide, with the vineyards in the region located between 6 and 15 kilometres from the Gulf of St Vincent. The elevation ranges from 50 to 350 metres above sea level. Penfolds has company owned vineyards throughout the region, using the fruit as blending components for premium red wines such as Grange and Bin 389.
Coonawarra
Penfolds has had a long history with the Coonawarra region, dating back to their first vineyard purchase in 1960. It is one of the most famous red wine regions in Australia with weathered limestone terra rossa soils, relatively cool climate and overall water availability. Coonawarra has played a significant role in many of Penfolds' multi-regional wines as well as the single region wines such as Bin 128.
James Halliday Australian Wine Companion Winery Of The Year 2014: Penfolds
Penfolds is Australia’s foremost winemaker, with an unbroken line dating back to its establishment in 1844 when medical practitioner Dr Christopher Rawson Penfold and wife Mary purchased ‘the delightfully situated and truly valuable of Mackgill … Comprising 500 acres (202 hectares) of the choicest land’. Here they built the house that still stands today, and within a few years had begun the winery and cellar on the site of today’s buildings at Magill Estate.
Mary took charge of winemaking, initially producing grenache prescribed by her husband as a tonic for anaemic patients. By 1870 she, son-in-law Thomas Hyland and cellar manager/winemaker Joseph Gillard had formed Penfolds & Co. With markets in South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales, their wine production was over one-third of South Australia’s total.
Growth continued unabated, and in 1945 Penfolds acquired the jewel of the Magill Vineyard, at that time the largest vineyard in South Australia. It now has 2100 hectares of vineyards, the largest share of Australia’s total. Two men came together in the 1950s to lay the foundation of Penfolds today: winemaker Max Schubert, and research chemist Ray Beckwith (who died shortly after his 100th birthday in 2012); indeed, their contribution transcended Penfolds to the entire Australian wine industry.
The architecture for the Penfolds wine portfolio of the twenty-first century was established in the 1960s, half a century ago. There has been growth, both in the range of labels and their price points, but it has been cleverly – indeed sensitively – managed; demand-driven growth has been achieved without any quality compromise whatsoever.
There is no possibility that the pre-eminence of Penfolds will ever be challenged by any other Australian wine business. Equally certain is that the Penfolds brand value will continue to gain ground on the world stage of all consumable products. If proof be needed, the overall quality of the wines in this Wine Companion is the best Penfolds has ever presented to the markets of the globe.
Author: James Halliday Jul 20132005 Penfolds GrangeBin 95 Grange
http://www.penfolds.com/idc/groups/public/@web-penfolds-general/documents/webcontent/fgl_117226.pdfPenfolds GrangeLangton's The Definitive Grange Guide (includes 2006 vintage)
http://www.langtons.com.au/images/pdfs/grange_guide.pdf
The Rewards of Patience (7th Edition)
Vintage Label Shiraz Cabernet
2010 Bin 95 Grange 96% 4%
2009 Bin 95 Grange 98% 2%
2008 Bin 95 Grange 98% 2%
2007 Bin 95 Grange 98% 2%
2006 Bin 95 Grange 98% 2%
2005 Bin 95 Grange 96% 4%
2004 Bin 95 Grange 96% 4%
2003 Bin 95 Grange 97% 3%
2002 Bin 95 Grange 98.5% 1.5%
2001 Bin 95 Grange 99% 1%
2000 Bin 95 Grange 100%
1999 Bin 95 Grange 100%
1998 Bin 95 Grange 97% 3%
1997 Bin 95 Grange 96% 4%
1996 Bin 95 Grange 94% 6%
1995 Bin 95 Grange 94% 6%
1994 Bin 95 Grange 89% 11%
1993 Bin 95 Grange 86% 14%
1992 Bin 95 Grange 90% 10%
1991 Bin 95 Grange 95% 5%
1990 Bin 95 Grange 95% 5%
1989 Bin 95 Grange Hermitage 91% 9%
1988 Bin 95 Grange Hermitage 94% 6%
1987 Bin 95 Grange Hermitage 90% 10%
1986 Bin 95 Grange Hermitage 87% 13%
1985 Bin 95 Grange Hermitage 99% 1%
1984 Bin 95 Grange Hermitage 95% 5%
1983 Bin 95 Grange Hermitage 94% 6%
1982 Bin 95 Grange Hermitage 94% 6%
1981 Bin 95 Grange Hermitage 89% 11%
1980 Bin 95 Grange Hermitage 96% 4%
1979 Bin 95 Grange Hermitage 87% 13%
1978 Bin 95 Grange Hermitage 90% 10%
1977 Bin 95 Grange Hermitage 91% 9%
1976 Bin 95 Grange Hermitage 89% 11%
1975 Bin 95 Grange Hermitage 90% 10%
1974 Bin 95 Grange Hermitage 93% 7%
1973 Bin 95 Grange Hermitage 98% 2%
1972 Bin 95 Grange Hermitage 90% 10%
1971 Bin 95 Grange Hermitage 87% 13%
1970 Bin 95 Grange Hermitage 90% 10%
1969 Bin 95 Grange Hermitage 95% 5%
1969 Bin 826 Grange Hermitage
1968 Bin 95 Grange Hermitage 94% 6%
1968 Bin 826 Grange Hermitage
1967 Bin 95 Grange Hermitage 94% 6%
1967 Bin 74 Grange Hermitage
1966 Bin 95 Grange Hermitage 88% 12%
1966 Bin 72 Grange Hermitage
1966 Bin 71 Grange Hermitage
1965 Bin 95 Grange Hermitage 95% 5%
1965 Bin 71 Grange Hermitage
1965 Bin 70 Grange Hermitage
1965 Bin 69 Grange Hermitage
1964 Bin 95 Grange Hermitage 90% 10%
1964 Bin 68 Grange Hermitage
1964 Bin 67 Grange Hermitage
1964 Bin 66 Grange Hermitage
1964 Bin 395 Grange Hermitage
1963 Bin 95 Grange Hermitage 100%
1963 Bin 65 Grange Hermitage
1962 Bin 95 Grange Hermitage 87% 13%
1962 Bin 456 Grange Hermitage
1962 Bin 59A Grange Hermitage
1962 Bin 59 Grange Hermitage
1961 Bin 395 Grange Hermitage 88% 12%
1961 Bin 395 Grange Hermitage
1960 Bin 95 Grange Hermitage 92% 8%
1960 Bin 45 Grange Hermitage
1959 Bin 46 Grange Hermitage 90% 10%
1959 Bin 49 Grange Hermitage
1959 Bin 95 Grange Hermitage
1958 Bin 46 Grange Hermitage 94% 6%
1957 Bin 50 Grange Hermitage 88% 12%
1956 Bin 14 Grange Hermitage 96% 4%
1955 Bin 95 Grange Hermitage 90% 10%
1955 Bin 148A Grange Hermitage
1955 Bin 54 Grange Hermitage
1955 Bin 53 Grange Hermitage
1955 Bin 14 Grange Hermitage
1955 Bin 13 Grange Hermitage
1954 Bin 12 Grange Hermitage 98% 2%
1954 Bin 11 Grange Hermitage
1953 Bin 2 Grange Hermitage 87% 13%
1953 Bin 145 Grange Hermitage
1953 Bin 86C Grange Hermitage
1953 Bin 10 Grange Hermitage
1953 Bin 9 Grange Cabernet Sauvignon (Block 42) 100%
1952 Bin 4 Grange Hermitage 100%
1952 Bin 4A Grange Hermitage
1951 Bin 1 Grange Hermitage 100%
Shiraz BlendViognierGrangePenfold's Rewards Of Patience
http://www.grange.biz/library/rewards/bin-95-grange.pdf
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