April 6, 2024 - What a great wine to celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary. We have had the wine for about 35 years and it was checked and recorked in 2016 by Penfolds. I remember at the time having a small taste and felt it was past it. The Penfolds wine expert assured us it was fine but that we should drink it soon. Last night we were both blown away about how good the wine was. Still vibrant colour and no signs of bricking. Everything perfectly on place. Absolutely delicious.
August 8, 2023 - Outstanding dark colour, guessed as a 15 year old shiraz not a near 40 year old wine. Huge voluminous nose that speaks of penfolds oak treatment, huge rich concentrated berry aromas with cedar notes, you can just keep smelling this all night. Palate same level as bouquet - clearly shiraz royalty robed in plush smooth fruit at epitome of integration. What a treat.
November 26, 2021 - Drank with family for Thanksgiving. Have had this magnum since 2000. Excellent but needed drinking soon. Very fragile cork, double decanted and strained about 2 hours before drinking. Highly recommend consuming soon.
September 1, 2020 - Pulled cork decanted and drank over 1.5hrs . A magnificent Grange .. displaying all the characters of pre-90s great vintages. It drank perfectly from the first to last sip. Drink now .. but I suspect this will remain at its peak for the next 5yrs
August 5, 2020 - SLDS August 2020 - Maybe the world is ending tasting: Sesame oil, sweet red fruits, sultana and leather. In good nick, medium bodied, with good length. A really good bottle of this wine in a nice spot for drinking.
May 23, 2020 - Double decant x 1 hour; dark ruby with mild bricking; medium bodied; herbs, marionberry jam, herbs, leather; sweetens in the glass, lasting finish; drinking really nicely
August 12, 2019 - Cassis, BlackBerry, smoke, tobacco, dirt. Technically sound but not particularly pleasurable to my taste. Fine I guess but I think a burnout.
November 11, 2016 - Grange is always a favorite and this was no different. Drank next to an '07 Abreu Howell. Very different styles, but both beautiful wines. This is more savory based. Opened and decanted. It just kept opening and evolving. Amazing how young it tastes. Went incredibly well with a grass fed beef course. Beautiful.
February 13, 2016 - Escape from the Cold; 2/12/2016-2/15/2016 (Sunny & Warm Florida (Del Ray Beach, Jupiter)): Well aged Grange deserves a special place in heaven. This was drunk side by side with a '97 SQN Syrah and it was interesting to see some of the similarities (I didn't expect). Both fantastic wines. For some reason having it next to the SQN pulled out more of the meat characteristics for me. Fruit has mellowed. Still nice spices. And that Grange nose that I'd be quite happy if they made a perfume out of. Excellent.
January 2, 2016 - Medium intense nose of mature red and black cherry, juicy blackberry, raspberry, dried cranberry, spicy cinnamon, oregano, and cumin, some cassis, and rare meats. Big and concentrated on the palate with loads of leathery cranberry and pruney plums. Tannins are monstrous and grippy. A bit of red cedar smoke throughout. Some oaky vanilla. Tough to believe this wine is 32 years old - It's a brute. Improved considerably with time - Nose got bigger and palate softened up somewhat. Soily note emerged after 90+ minutes.