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1983 Penfolds Grange
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Notes Sourced from The Rewards of Patience 7th Edition, Andrew Caillard MW (2013)
1983 BIN 95 GRANGE HERMITAGE
Deep crimson. Intense blackcurrant, panforte, liquorice aromas with hints of mocha, sage. Powerful and richly concentrated with deep-set dark berry, panforte, mint flavours and fine plentiful graphite, muscular tannins. Finishes firm and tight with a tannin plume. A massively rich and expansive wine with years of cellaring potential.
94% Shiraz, 6% Cabernet Sauvignon. Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley, Magill Estate (Adelaide), Modbury Vineyard (Adelaide).
Drinking Window: Now ••• 2035
Notes Sourced from The Rewards of Patience - Fifth Edition (2004):
Outstanding vintage
Drinking Window: Now – 2030
Deep crimson. Ripe powerful prune/plum/black cherry/mocha/smoky aromas. A luscious, richlytextured palate with prune/plum/dark chocolate/liquorice flavours and dense ripe tannins. A superbly concentrated wine. A great Grange vintage.
94% Shiraz, 6% Cabernet Sauvignon. Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley, Magill Estate (Adelaide) and Modbury Vineyard. A bizarre growing season marked by drought, the Ash Wednesday bushfires and March flooding. A very low-yielding vintage resulting in wine of immense concentration.
Notes Sourced from of Patience, Fourth Edition, March 2000
"Red/purple. Intense, rich, brambly/blackberry fruit with touches of cedar and liquorice. Beautifully concentrated, with abundant blackberry/apricot fruit and plenty of meaty/ cedary characters, plush, pronounced tannins and underlying sweet oak. Super wine. Drink between now and 2020." (Southcorp Wines, The Rewards of Patience, Fourth Edition, March 2000)
Bin 95 Grange Hermitage
VINEYARD REGION Barossa Valley (including Kalimna Vineyard), Magill Estate (Adelaide), Modbury Vineyard.
VINTAGE CONDITIONS This vintage was seriously affected by the 1982 drought, less by the devastating Ash Wednesday bushfires and March flooding. Summer rainfall was a little more than half the average, following by record rains in March.
GRAPE VARIETY Shiraz (94%), Cabernet Sauvignon (6%)
MATURATIONMatured in new American oak hogsheads for 20 months
WINE ANALYSIS
Alc/Vol: 13.30%
Acidity: 7.10g/L
pH: 3.41
LAST TASTED 1999-09-01
PEAK DRINKING Now - 2020
FOOD MATCHES.
Mature cheddar cheese
Tasting Note
COLOUR Very deep black cherry red.
NOSE Dense, powerful dark chocolate/spice/plum/briar and mint aromas with some oak-derived coconut.
PALATE A highly concentrated wine showing pronounced extract and tannins balanced with sweet plummy fruit and showing some 'cigar box' characters.
Winemaker comments by Don Ditter
1983 BIN 95 GRANGE HERMITAGE
Deep crimson. Intense blackcurrant, panforte, liquorice aromas with hints of mocha, sage. Powerful and richly concentrated with deep-set dark berry, panforte, mint flavours and fine plentiful graphite, muscular tannins. Finishes firm and tight with a tannin plume. A massively rich and expansive wine with years of cellaring potential.
94% Shiraz, 6% Cabernet Sauvignon. Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley, Magill Estate (Adelaide), Modbury Vineyard (Adelaide).
Drinking Window: Now ••• 2035
Notes Sourced from The Rewards of Patience - Fifth Edition (2004):
Outstanding vintage
Drinking Window: Now – 2030
Deep crimson. Ripe powerful prune/plum/black cherry/mocha/smoky aromas. A luscious, richlytextured palate with prune/plum/dark chocolate/liquorice flavours and dense ripe tannins. A superbly concentrated wine. A great Grange vintage.
94% Shiraz, 6% Cabernet Sauvignon. Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley, Magill Estate (Adelaide) and Modbury Vineyard. A bizarre growing season marked by drought, the Ash Wednesday bushfires and March flooding. A very low-yielding vintage resulting in wine of immense concentration.
Notes Sourced from of Patience, Fourth Edition, March 2000
"Red/purple. Intense, rich, brambly/blackberry fruit with touches of cedar and liquorice. Beautifully concentrated, with abundant blackberry/apricot fruit and plenty of meaty/ cedary characters, plush, pronounced tannins and underlying sweet oak. Super wine. Drink between now and 2020." (Southcorp Wines, The Rewards of Patience, Fourth Edition, March 2000)
Bin 95 Grange Hermitage
VINEYARD REGION Barossa Valley (including Kalimna Vineyard), Magill Estate (Adelaide), Modbury Vineyard.
VINTAGE CONDITIONS This vintage was seriously affected by the 1982 drought, less by the devastating Ash Wednesday bushfires and March flooding. Summer rainfall was a little more than half the average, following by record rains in March.
GRAPE VARIETY Shiraz (94%), Cabernet Sauvignon (6%)
MATURATIONMatured in new American oak hogsheads for 20 months
WINE ANALYSIS
Alc/Vol: 13.30%
Acidity: 7.10g/L
pH: 3.41
LAST TASTED 1999-09-01
PEAK DRINKING Now - 2020
FOOD MATCHES.
Mature cheddar cheese
Tasting Note
COLOUR Very deep black cherry red.
NOSE Dense, powerful dark chocolate/spice/plum/briar and mint aromas with some oak-derived coconut.
PALATE A highly concentrated wine showing pronounced extract and tannins balanced with sweet plummy fruit and showing some 'cigar box' characters.
Winemaker comments by Don Ditter