1983 Penfolds Grange
Community Tasting Note
Cailles wrote:
Wednesday, June 23, 2021 - Top shoulder fill. The highlights are the very high complexity and precision. Every nose showed new nuances. The wine has a lot of tension and freshness and seems much younger (others who had it blind guessed it to be roughly 20, not 40 years old) and there are just a first few tertiary aromas peaking through. Technically, this wine is fantastic and already in a good place and easily deserves the 97 points. While a bottle of the 1986 a few months ago showed peakish, this 1983 has more potential and should improve further in the coming years.
TN: Complex and intense nose with precise aromas of dark fruits, eucalyptus, coffee, earthy notes and some tobacco. Same rainbow of aromas on the palate and finish with an additional layer of minerality, more spices and herbs. The fruit is ripe but fresh, no hint of jamminess, all very balanced and elegant and embedded in a solid tannin structure with very fine tannins and a high freshness. The wine is in that sweet spot with a lot of cut and a weightlessness and at the same time a wonderfully creamy texture.
Decanting: Not decanted, opened 4 h before. The wine opened up nicely in the glas and became more harmonious. A short 2h decant would have been sufficient.
Glass: Zalto Bordeaux
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