1971 Penfolds Bin 95 Grange Shiraz 738ml

Option 1: Penfolds Red Wine Clinic 1996, Just Below Base of Neck Option 2: Penfolds Red Wine Clinic 1994, Into Neck, Good Front Label Option 3: Minor Label Stain/s Just Below Base of Neck Critic tasting note: (1971 vintage) "I've had better bottles of this in the past. But that was also a few years ago, so it's hard to say if this was the bottle or wine for sure, as I do not get to taste old Grange a lot. This bottle seemed like it was starting to dry out. The fruit was more acidic than I recalled and there was some dryness in the cranberry, cherry finish. 87 Points" - 87/100, Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider The original and most powerful expression of Penfolds multi-vineyard, multi-district blending philosophy, Grange is arguably Australia’s most celebrated wine and is officially listed as a Heritage Icon of South Australia. Crafted utilising fully-ripe, intensely-flavoured and structured shiraz grapes, the result is a unique Australian style that is now recognised as one of the most consistent of the world’s great wines. With an unbroken line of vintages from the experimental 1951, Grange clearly demonstrates the synergy between shiraz and the soils and climates of South Australia. Blend: 87% Syrah & 13% Cabernet Sauvignon Vineyard Notes Barossa Valley (including Kalimna Vineyard), Magill Estate (Adelaide), Clare Valley, Coonawarra. NOSE An astonishing wine with intensely sweet, lifted, complex and perfumed prune/apricot/truffle aromas with hints of violet and fig. PALATE Silken, opulent with fleshy apricot/prune fruit and truffly, earthy, demi-glace undertones balanced by fine, sweet tannins and an extremely long finish. A superb wine.