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• SMHalps Likes this wine: 99 points

  March 9, 2024 - This is now the highest rating I have ever given on CT! Decanted for over an hour at a NYC Steakhouse. Beautiful nose, long finish, not quite as full bodied as I was expecting. My 2nd Grange in over 30 years of drinking wine and it didn't disappoint! I had bought this for a friends 60th a few years ago and had to miss the party due to Covid. I finally got to share this bottle with him and his wife a year and half later and we loved it. Good thing we decanted as it had a fair amount of sediment.

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• Romz Likes this wine: 94 points

  January 17, 2023 - 17012023 - Aussie themed lunch and bottle from generous bro Hann Sze. Captivating nose - filled with opulent black fruit, layered with chocolate, mocha, creme brulee and baking spices. Palate is layered and dense, continued to evolve over lunch. Energetic, muscular & fleshy throughout the palate till finish. Profound depth with rounded mouthfeel with hint of cloves. Will be a 100 pointer if give it more time

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• R2-D2 wrote: 94 points

  March 28, 2022 - Tasted blind. Bucket list checked off. For me, this doesn't soar to the heights of the other great wines I have tasted but comes awfully close to the apex. Intense flavors of berries, spice, pepper, and earth to go with American Oak flavors of dill, vanilla bean, and a touch of caramelization. Tannins still quite unrelenting but improves about 2 hours post opening. Despite all this intensity, there is an understated, silky, polished slant to the wine that I admire.

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• Genghis88 Likes this wine: 93 points

  November 4, 2021 - Dark, brooding, inky killer drop
  Eucalyptus, dark fruits. Some oak and herbaceous notes.
  Massive bodied. Long finish. Grippy and a little greasy.
  This wine is Killer!!!! It needs some age but it will get to an even better place. Thanks Serge!

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• GlobalNomadGuy Likes this wine: 96 points

  December 31, 2020 - Dark, brooding, inky and unctuous. The 2013 Grange delivers a stunning and sultry nose of blackberry and hits the palate with black olive, smoked meat, blackberries, tar and a hint of tobacco. Oak was ever prevalent and gave this wine a seriousness and warmth not found in lighter and fruitier Syrahs.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2013
• Type Red
• Producer Penfolds
• Varietal Shiraz Blend
• Designation Grange
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Australia
• Region South Australia
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation n/a
• UPC Codes 012354000049, 012354001916, 012354071131, 9310297000272, 9310297001125, 9310297002771, 9310297011506, 9310297011667, 9310297013791

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• Pending Delivery 45 (2%)
• In Cellars 1,766 (86%)
• Consumed 252 (12%)

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