Community Tasting Notes 52

• acyso wrote: 93 points

  September 28, 2023 - Four decades of Penfolds Grange (Chicago, IL): Really suffered in the context of the 1990 and 1989. This, like the 1995 drank like a mature example of Grange, which ticked all the technical boxes but lacked overall excitement. Shows less fruit, and also more mature and earthy, and maybe even just a little bit dried out.

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• MK103 wrote: 95 points

  June 24, 2023 - Minimum of 4 hour decant.

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• hadlieh2 Likes this wine: 98 points

  June 2, 2023 - Opened 2 hours before. Poured 1/2 hour before drinking. Smooth, tasted like old cab without the old noise funk.vanilla oak dark berry. Lovely.
  
  Served w salmon w ginger rice.

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• melvinyeowq wrote: 90 points

  April 29, 2023 - Smoked meats with Jason: Opened only a couple hours before but probably needed more time. The vanilla and coconut notes dominated and the wine felt unready and unintegrated which is something crazy to say for a 35 year old wine. Dense, rich fruit that felt a little jammy. Got better after a few hours in the decanter.

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• Disgustaeer Likes this wine: 99 points

  January 1, 2022 - Excellent wine. Still could go another 10-20 years. 4 hour decant. Still powerful. Chocolate, leather, vanilla, some fruit. Big and bold. If not for price I would chase down more.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1988
• 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, 9310297006540

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• Pending Delivery 2 (0%)
• In Cellars 636 (68%)
• Consumed 298 (32%)

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