1983 Penfolds Grange
Community Tasting Note
Cailles wrote:
Sunday, June 26, 2022 - This is the best bottle of Grange I‘ve had to date. With some decanting, this had everything. High complexity and precision from start to finish, perfectly harmonious but still with so much tension and verve, prior to decanting, the wine seemed even young-ish but it got better, rounder, more balanced by the minute. Quite close to perfection in my book with some decanting.
TN: Super intense, ever so slightly changing nose full of asian spices, eucalyptus, ripe dark berries, cola notes, so much spices, tobacco, leather. So intense, expressive, round and creamy, freash and first even a bit young but then the longer it sits in the glass the rounder and better and better, more harmonious and round it got, mint chocolate notes emerged adding a touch of seductiveness. A wow wine with a very long and expanding finish. At first 95/96 pts, later 99/100pts.
Decanting: PnP, then decanted and followed over 3+ hours. This needed 60-90 mins in the decanter to reach its peak.
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