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A cool vintage. Deep blackish-blueish crimson. Super-correct Grange nose. Still quite restrained with no shortage of tannins but surely this is going to be classic! Such freshness and vitality! (JR)
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The Wine Advocate
Jay S Miller, Wine Advocate
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Deep garnet with a touch of brick, the 2002 Grange is locked in a time capsule, like many of the 2002s, yielding a very youthful nose of red currants and red cherries, kirsch and violets with some lovely exotic spices in the background. Quite perfumed and pretty in terms of fruit expression in the mouth, the structure is rock solid, with a lively backbone cutting through the muscular fruit and great purity to the finish. If you're looking for that real "Grange" experience, best to keep cellaring it another 5-10+ years.
Fruit from the Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale. 99% Shiraz, 1% Cabernet Sauvignon. Aged 15 months in new American hogsheads. Deep smudgy garnet and slightly minty on the nose. But also lots of sweet oak spice. Rich and ripe and very full in the mouth. Velvety deep-pile tannins. TA 6.9 g/l, pH 3.58, (JH)
98.5% Shiraz, 1.5% Cabernet Sauvignon. 50% Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley), 50% Barossa Valley. Peter Gago’s first vintage. Lovely freshness on the nose. On the palate it’s thick and sweet, but also lively. Tannins are still pretty firm and angular. This was a coolish year, but overall it is impressively lifted and energetic with no shortage of extract and character. (JR)
About the producer
Penfolds is Australia’s most famous wine producer, known best for their iconic top wine, Grange. First produced commercially in 1952, Grange has since gone on to become one of the world’s most famous fine wines. In 2001, the wine was listed as an Australian heritage icon.