| Wine | Region | Qty | Price (AUD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| PENFOLDS Grange Shiraz 2020 | South Australia | 1 BOTTLE | AU$ 718.75 |
Robert Parker Score: 95 points
Reviewer: Erin Larkin — July 2024 Week 318 Jul 2024
Drink 2024–2050
The 2020 Grange comprises 97% Shiraz and the balance Cabernet Sauvignon from McLaren Vale (48%), Barossa Valley (40%) and Clare Valley (12%), and it matured for 20 months in American oak hogsheads, 100% new. While the metric of regions changes each season and the proportion of Shiraz changes slightly, the élevage and style remain the same. Aromatically, the wine is black and savory, with crushed ant, black peppercorn, blueberry, blackberry and licorice/aniseed. In the mouth, the wine feels lighter than some other vintages on release. There is something like clarity and perhaps a little hole in the mid-palate—it sits like clarity or less density and also features as breathing space. A nice wine, it is lighter than the preceding 2019. Both vintages had their challenges, but this 2020 season has yielded an "easier" feeling wine.
James Halliday Score: 98 points
Reviewer: James Halliday
Read the full tasting note on Halliday Wine Companion (subscription).
Penfolds Rewards of Patience ★★★★★
Penfolds — The Rewards of Patience, Ninth Edition
Drink: Drink 2035 2070
Deep crimson. Intense dark chocolate, mocha, blackberry, aromas with chinotto/herb garden notes. Voluminous blackberry, juicy black cherry chinotto, dark chocolate, mocha flavours, plentiful fine-grained tannins, lovely inky density and mineral length. Finishes chewy and long with plentiful dark berry, dark chocolate notes. "Serious and reserved, rather than severe." (NB) A classic Grange with the structure and balance to last for the long haul. 14% alc "Quiet, shy and monastic. All the Grange hallmarks are there, and it will trundle along for a couple of decades looking youthful before eventually turning a corner around 2050." (MJ) 97% Shiraz 3% Cabernet Sauvignon McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley, and Clare Valley
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Delivery: $16.50 per dozen, Australia-wide via Australia Post. Estimated delivery 3–14 business days from dispatch.