In a great drinking window, pop and pour was good here - there’s ripe but grippy tannins but opens with only 10mins in the glass and improves over an hour, when vanilla notes are more distinct. Sweet but silky and not a monster. There’s a lot of black fruit but it’s not super defined, complex or dense. Somewhere between elegant and four square. Good but not great. Paired well with a burger though. Drink to 2030. 93-94pts
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Four decades of Penfolds Grange (Chicago, IL): Another mature, but somewhat foursquare edition. Ticks the boxes; there isn't overt anything here, but the fruit isn't too expressive and this feels a bit dominated by its structure. Lacks some of the silkiness in the relatively coarse tannins too. Just feels a bit clunky relative to many of its siblings tonight.
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Wine Bros Australia Deep Dive (Orsay): Beautiful as always. This is one of the Grange that you can drink I hesitate to say younger but it’s at least not a total beast (unlike say the ‘86 which may not be ready in my lifetime). It’s drinking really nicely. Has started to open up a bit and show more of what it can be. Great wine.
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Part of a mini Grange Vertical that included the ‘87, ‘89 and ‘93. All great wines that continued to evolve. We had decanted this for a few hours before rebottling and bringing to our friend’s house. Dark fruits and lots of eucalyptus and more secondary in style and just a tough tight I think although it as mentioned above it did continue to open. Very enjoyable.
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10/25/2023 - JulianSkeels wrote: 94 Points
In a great drinking window, pop and pour was good here - there’s ripe but grippy tannins but opens with only 10mins in the glass and improves over an hour, when vanilla notes are more distinct. Sweet but silky and not a monster. There’s a lot of black fruit but it’s not super defined, complex or dense. Somewhere between elegant and four square. Good but not great. Paired well with a burger though. Drink to 2030. 93-94pts
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9/28/2023 - acyso wrote: 90 Points
Four decades of Penfolds Grange (Chicago, IL): Another mature, but somewhat foursquare edition. Ticks the boxes; there isn't overt anything here, but the fruit isn't too expressive and this feels a bit dominated by its structure. Lacks some of the silkiness in the relatively coarse tannins too. Just feels a bit clunky relative to many of its siblings tonight.
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2/18/2023 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Wine Bros Australia Deep Dive (Orsay): Beautiful as always. This is one of the Grange that you can drink I hesitate to say younger but it’s at least not a total beast (unlike say the ‘86 which may not be ready in my lifetime). It’s drinking really nicely. Has started to open up a bit and show more of what it can be. Great wine.
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10/14/2022 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Part of a mini Grange Vertical that included the ‘87, ‘89 and ‘93. All great wines that continued to evolve. We had decanted this for a few hours before rebottling and bringing to our friend’s house. Dark fruits and lots of eucalyptus and more secondary in style and just a tough tight I think although it as mentioned above it did continue to open. Very enjoyable.
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8/31/2022 - BrionHammond wrote: 91 Points
Somehow the most dull bottle of the 81,82,85,86,89 vertial tasting
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