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1982
Penfolds Grange
(750ml)
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Producer: |
Penfolds Wines
penfolds.com
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| Appellation: |
South Eastern Australia - Australia
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| Type: |
red
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| Varietal: |
Shiraz
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| Maturity: |
Drink |
| Rating: |
Outstanding |
| Est. Price: |
$411.00 |
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Tasting Notes:
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tasted:
January 8, 2009
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Thomas Ivey
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"Still drinking very well"
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rated:
May 6, 2008
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Robert Parker
erobertparker.com
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95 points
"One of my favorite vintages of Grange to actually drink at present is the 1982, a vintage that Max Schubert called, in his low-key manner, "very good." A blend of 94% Shiraz and 6% Cabernet Sauvignon, this is a wine with an open-knit, seductive style. Dense ruby/purple with sweet black raspberry, jammy plum, and currant flavors, the wine tastes like dry vintage port, but also seems to be approaching full maturity. The wine seems low in acidity, sweet in tannin wiith the firmness, ripeness, richness, and powers of seduction. The wine is gorgeously opulent and impossible to resist. Anticipated maturity: now-2016.
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Best 2002-2016
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rated:
December 1, 2009
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RP
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97 points
"The 1982 is another superb example of that. One of the jammiest, most precocious Granges when it was released, it has never gone through a closed stage and continues to drink beautifully. A full-bodied, opulent Grange, it reveals an inky/purple color to the rim as well as a beautiful nose of crushed blueberries, blackberries, smoke, toast, roasted herbs, and road tar. This dense, plush, expansive, seamless, seductive 1982 has not changed much since I had it nearly a decade ago.
Grange, Penfolds’ flagship wine, is, by many accounts, the most renowned and world-famous wine produced in Australia, and these six vintages from my cellar all acquitted themselves well. These wines are almost always Shiraz, but many vintages include less than 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, and there are cross-appellations blends from vineyards in the Barossa and McLaren Vale."
Best 2009-
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