Tasting Notes

Decanter rated the 2021 Penfolds Grange
 99 points, hailing it as a "seductive" and "spectacular" wine from a "vintage of a lifetime". The wine is described as a "wow wine" that is already integrating its opulent fruit with 100% new American oak.
  • Profile: Described as "exotic, inky, generous, silky," and a "wow wine" featuring notes of macerated balsamic strawberries, tapenade, boysenberry, mocha, and salted liquorice.
  • Structure & Aging: Features immense, silky tannins with a 3–5 decade drinking window.
  • Blend: 94% Shiraz, 6% Cabernet Sauvignon.
Other Critical Scores
  • 100 Points: Ken Gargett (Wine Pilot), calling it "as close to a perfect Grange as I can imagine".
  • 20+/20: Matthew Jukes (MoneyWeek), highlighting "sensational tenderness".
  • 99 Points: Tyson Stelzer (Wine Companion) and Nick Ryan (The Australian).
  • 98 Points: Erin Larkin (Wine Advocate), James Suckling, and Huon Hooke (The Real Review).
  • 97 Points: Campbell Mattinson (The Winefront).

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