Penfolds - Grange Shiraz South Australia 2015 (750ml)
Price: $617.00
Sale Price: $500.00
| Producer | Penfolds |
| Country | Australia |
| Region | South Australia |
| Varietal | Shiraz |
| Vintage | 2015 |
| Sku | 1617072 |
| Size | 750ml |
James Suckling: 100 Points
Much anticipated vintage for Grange and it is a powerhouse of concentration and complexity. Aromas of orange and lemon peel to start, then graphite, blackberries, plum paste, black cherries, boundless sweet oak spice, fresh cedar, tar, mahogany, roasted coffee and chocolate - the list goes on. Such complexity. Classic Grange, offering such deep, dark intensity. The palate has immense richness and depth with a super succulent and very long, fleshy, deeply weighted array of dense, velvet-wrapped tannins that run so long. The fruit flavors sit in the blackberry, blood-plum and blueberry zone with succulent, long and assertive structure, carrying through in an utterly seamless mode. The finish is tightly wrenched, in spectacularly powerful style, locking this wine in for a very long haul. Best from 2030.
Wine Advocate: 98+ Points
The nose of the 2015 Grange features the wine's characteristic lifted aromas joined by pronounced American oak influence and bold blackberry fruit plus hints of red meat raspberries asphalt and vanilla. It's dense and concentrated on the palate full-bodied yet balanced and firm with a rich velvety texture and long plush finish. Don't expect great complexity at this stage?it's much too young to show much more than the primary fruit and oak elements?but this is a Grange that should easily go three or four decades.
Vinous: 98 Points
Saturated ruby. Deeply pitched spice-accented aromas of cassis smoky minerals incense and dark chocolate. Large-scaled and broad in the mouth offering intense blackcurrant cherry-vanilla mocha and candied violet flavors that are supported by a core of juicy acidity. Shows superb density and vivacity as well with no rough edges. Finishes extremely long and precise with building tannins and resonating bitter chocolate exotic spice and floral notes. - By Josh Raynolds on January 2021 Peter Gago who has been Penfolds? chief of winemaking since 2002 is deservedly considered to be among the world?s most top winemakers. Under his watch the always reliable Penfolds wines from top to bottom have been admirably consistent which is no small feat for a winery that is one of Australia?s largest producers. Penfolds don?t reveal exactly how much wine they make but suffice to say considering their deep and wide international distribution it?s a massive amount. The Chardonnays here have been on a steady quality ascent thanks to the efforts of Kym Schroeter who has been with Penfolds since 1987. Today they are among the best versions of the variety being made in the country. The Rieslings are also outstanding and eminently ageworthy. I reviewed the upcoming set of Penfolds? top bottlings in a separate article in July of this year.
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Saturated ruby. Deeply pitched, spice-accented aromas of cassis, smoky minerals, incense and dark chocolate. Large-scaled and broad in the mouth, offering intense blackcurrant, cherry-vanilla, mocha and candied violet flavors that are supported by a core of juicy acidity. Shows superb density and vivacity as well, with no rough edges. Finishes extremely long and precise, with building tannins and resonating bitter chocolate, exotic spice and floral notes.
- By Josh Raynolds on January 2021
Peter Gago, who has been Penfolds’ chief of winemaking since 2002, is deservedly considered to be among the world’s most top winemakers. Under his watch, the always reliable Penfolds wines, from top to bottom have been admirably consistent, which is no small feat for a winery that is one of Australia’s largest producers. Penfolds don’t reveal exactly how much wine they make, but suffice to say, considering their deep and wide international distribution, it’s a massive amount. The Chardonnays here have been on a steady quality ascent thanks to the efforts of Kym Schroeter, who has been
