Penfolds Grange 2003

General Information

Grange is arguably Australia's most famous wine and is officiallylisted as a Heritage Icon of South Australia. Grange boasts anunbroken line of vintages from the experimental 1951 and clearly demonstrates the synergy between Shiraz and the soils and climates of South Australia.

Color: Deep red.

Nose: Captivating, complex, complete.Unravelling aromatics unfurl with air - blue fruitnotes entwined with barrel ferment andmaturation elements; nothing singular, always intandem. Sweet soy, cola and quince paste highnotes escape from an ethereal layer (aniseed,fennel and fresh treacle ginger pudding) waftingabove.

Palate: Dark and liqueur chocolate, laced with Moroccanspices. An underlying tar/graphite blackness islifted by derived fruit/quince pie flavours - a fewyears earlier they may have been more brashlyvarietal and elemental. Pronounced tanninssweep across the palate, although they arecertainly part of the wine, never obtrusive.Long, layered and compelling, this wine is at thespicier end of the Grange spectrum.

94 Points - Wine Spectator

93 Points - Wine & Spirits

92 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate