Penfolds

Grange Bin 95 2007

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  Vintage 2007
  96 points

2007 is a thoroughly worthy Grange and an outstanding expression of a hot drought year, albeit the least vintage of Grange since 2003. The season is generally characterised by the drying tannin finish of drought stressed vines, but it is a credit to Penfolds'' fruit sources and winemaking polish that this deficiency is but a subtle suggestion here. A dense, viscous core of vibrant black fruit swirls with layers of signature Grange exoticity: black olives, soy, balsamic, crushed ants, cedar, liquorice and dark chocolate, lingering silky, seamless and mesmerisingly persistent. This will not be a long-lived wine by Grange standards, but it calls for at least a decade to bring down an impenetrable wall of Penfolds tannins.

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  Vintage 2007
  93 points

A wine that needs no introduction, Grange boasts an unbroken line of vintages since 1951 and is officially listed as a Heritage Icon of South Australia. The Grange signature style is about the expression of fully-ripe, intensely-flavoured and textured South Australian Shiraz. The warm, dry 2007 vintage has delivered a Grange that is surprisingly approachable at five years of age, though will continue to sing for decades. Impenetrably inky, with powerful aromas of dark fruits, dark chocolate and Dutch liquorice. The palate is sumptuous yet classically structured; the fruit fresh and buoyant. The oak has been swallowed-up and the length impressive.