December 10, 2023 - Pop and pour with sediment filtered.
Faded fruit, long finish and soft tannins. Good but past peak, with no improvement over an hour; unable to verify whether this is down to bottle (storage) or the wine itself.
August 6, 2023 - Still young and drinking beautifully after 3 hours bottle breath ...
February 7, 2022 - Paired with Sassicaia 2003 & Lynch-Bages 1989, this Penfolds was more exuberant than the other 2. Still young age at 32. Plum, dark cherry. I decanted for about 2 hours. Could have been a little more. Gorgeous wine.
October 8, 2021 - This is a seriously good wine. It shows what Oz cabernet can do with the right fruit and skill. 31 years old and still plenty of life ahead. Lovely dusty developed cab nose, full on fruit on the front, well balanced through the middle and a long, long lovely finish. Absolutely no rush to drink this wine if you are lucky enough to have any left. I bought a dozen on release and still have several to enjoy over the next 10 years
August 22, 2021 - Wine is amazing at 31 years old and still has 10-15-years to go. Who says Grange is the Penfolds wine that ages?
February 12, 2021 - Decanted 3 hrs. Cork a bit iffy. Blackish red, dense, brown edge. Large bq w blackberries, dark cherries, touch of cedar, touch of herbal (lavender), sweet pipe tobacco. Rounded, well integrated tannins, elegant acidity, layers of ripe black fruit, very well balanced. Long aftertaste w complexity. Fully mature, but will last a few more years. Lovely!!
January 8, 2021 - double decanted 2 hrs. Solid cork. Nose surprisingly still a bit closed at first. About an hour later the wine had fully opened up. lovely soft fine grained tannins. Well balanced fruit that follows thru to a long finish. Very impressive for a 30 yr old cab. Fully developed but should hold for many years. Great wine
December 27, 2020 - Truly amazing wine. On opening it smelt of rich ripe blue berries and mulberries with vanilla and chocolate mixed in as well. It was airated and then had 2 hrs in a decanter. While it’s an old wine it showed no feebleness with great structure and breadth of flavours with numerous layers of fruit and oak integration. This wine had great length and texture and left you wanting another mouthful. It’s middle age in its life I think and I look forward to seeing my last one in a few more years.
September 6, 2020 - At first, I thought past it’s prime, but turned out beautiful in two hours; still has life; great balance, classic cab tones, fruit, finish.
February 13, 2020 - Excellent. A bit of mint.