In Bond Fine Wine. 2014 Penfolds Grange, South Australia, Australia. Red australia - red in 6x75cl. Top critic score: 98/100 (WA). Drinking window: 2025–2050. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
Founded in 1844, Penfolds is one of Australia’s most historic and internationally recognised wine estates, renowned for producing powerful yet long-lived wines sourced from some of the country’s finest vineyards. The estate’s flagship Grange, first created by legendary winemaker Max Schubert in the 1950s, has become one of the world’s most collectible wines and a defining icon of Australian fine wine. Predominantly Shiraz, often with a small portion of Cabernet Sauvignon, Grange is matured in American oak and combines extraordinary concentration with remarkable balance and longevity.
Joe Czerwinski (JC) — 98/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 2018-10-03 · Drink 2025 - 2050
Rich, concentrated and intense, the 2014 Grange delivers exactly what we've come to expect from this Penfolds icon wine. It's full-bodied, velvety in feel and loaded with plummy fruit, framed in vanilla and cedar. Dense, powerful and tannic, it should prove to be long lived, even by Grange standards. Gago doesn't rate the vintage overall that highly, but he says the selection this year for Grange…
Josh Raynolds (JR) — 97/100 · Vinous, 01/12/2021 · Drink 2028-2040
Brilliant purple. A heady, intensely perfumed bouquet evokes dark berry preserves, incense, candied flowers, vanilla and cola, with a smoky, incisive mineral nuance building with air. Juicy, penetrating and alluringly sweet, offering deeply concentrated blueberry, cherry-cola, mocha and violet pastille flavors and a strong suggestion of fruitcake. Shockingly vibrant for its depth, with youthfully…