1980 Grange
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Note di degustazione
Fruit from Barossa Valley, Clare Valley, Magill, McLaren Vale and Coonawarra. Generally good growing season with fine warm conditions followed by a cool vintage. Another unusual vintage in that the grapes ripened late, but evenly. 96% Shiraz, 4% Cabernet Sauvignon. 14 months in new American oak hogsheads. pH 3.60, TA 6.0 g/l. Dark ruby with a black core. Rich and warm and attractively medicinal. Sweet and rich. Fresh finish. Very well balanced. Thicker in the middle than claret but not on the end. Black pepper. (JR)
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Robert Parker
Robert Parker
Altre recensioni e punteggi
The least impressive, but still a very great wine, is the dark garnet-hued 1980. Still a young wine at age 29, it exhibits massive earthy, meaty, bacon fat notes intermixed with notions of scorched earth, blackberries, currants, pepper, and spice. Full and rich with slightly rustic tannins, it has a good 20 years of life ahead of it. Grange, Penfolds’ flagship wine, is, by many accounts, the most renowned and world-famous wine produced in Australia, and these six vintages from my cellar all acquitted themselves well. These wines are almost always Shiraz, but many vintages include less than 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, and there are cross-appellations blends from vineyards in the Barossa and McLaren Vale.
The least impressive, but still a very great wine, is the dark garnet-hued 1980. Still a young wine at age 29, it exhibits massive earthy, meaty, bacon fat notes intermixed with notions of scorched earth, blackberries, currants, pepper, and spice. Full and rich with slightly rustic tannins, it has a good 20 years of life ahead of it. Jun 2009, www.robertparker.com
Informazioni sul produttore
Penfolds è il produttore di vino più famoso d'Australia, noto soprattutto per il Grange. Prodotto commercialmente per la prima volta nel 1952, il Grange è da allora diventato uno dei vini più famosi al mondo. Nel 2001, è stato inserito nell'elenco delle icone del patrimonio australiano.