2004 Penfolds Grange
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Saturday, April 18, 2015 - Barossa Vintage Festival 2015.
Penfolds Magill Estate Restaurant.
78 Penfold Road
Rosslyn Park, South Australia, 5072, Australia.
Tasting glass arranged by Martin and Patrick.
Black impenetrable heart and dark ruby rim.
Primary fruit nose, young buoyant, vanillin.
Medium full bodied, great fruit weight, delish sweet black and red fruit flavours. Seamless mid palate with mocha tannins through the finish.
Blackberry, no Ribena, dark cherry. Enjoyable smokey aromas from 5 hours open.
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Comment posted by wizlb:
4/21/2017 5:23:00 PM - Can you kindly tell me how long you to decanted the wine or did you slow ox the wine and if so how long
Comment posted by MyCellar01:
4/23/2017 7:31:00 AM - Wizlb,
This was a glass pour from the bottle and was tasted over four hours, I believe the bottle was opened two hours prior.
At this price point, Grange deserves 20 years in the cellar before opening your first bottle. There are many more less expensive wines to open earlier.
We purchased a '96 for dinner that night, decanted and consumed over 4 hours. Decanters are a great way to enjoy the development of wine over time as it is exposed to air.
I have purchased older vintages to drink whilst I wait for the younger bottles to mature, it all depends on your palate preferences as to whether you drink younger or older bottles, and the quality of the wine to improve with age.