Grange 2017 & 2018 Duo with Tasting Booklet Gift Box
Penfolds
Grange 2017 & 2018 Duo with Tasting Booklet Gift Box
Penfolds
Grange 2017 & 2018 Duo with Tasting Booklet Gift Box
Overview
Overview
This Grange Vertical presents two exceptional vintages: Grange 2017 and Grange 2018. Grange 2017, released in 2021 to commemorate the 70th anniversary since the first Grange, earned a 98-point score from wine critics. It displays rich, concentrated dark fruits intricately woven with refined, velvety tannins promising longevity. Grange 2018, lauded with eight 100-point critic scores, showcases vibrant energy and power. It unveils a complex tapestry of flavours featuring intense fruit, elegant oak, and a beautifully structured palate. Enjoy them side by side, add them to your collection, or reserve them for a special occasion.
| Varietal | Shiraz |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Multi Vintage |
| Country | Australia |
| Volume | 2 x 750 mL |
| Closure | Cork |
| Alc/Vol | 14.5% |
Awards and Accolades
Awards and Accolades
| 100 points for Grange 2018 | Andrew Calliard MW, Tony Love, Nick Stock, Lisa Perrotti-Brown, Ken Gargett, Anders Enquiest and Wilfred Williw Wong |
| 99 Points for Grange 2018 | Erin Larkin, Robert Parkers Wine Advocate |
| 20/20 Points for Grange 2017 | Richard Hemming MW |
| 98 Points for Grange 2017 | Mary Ann Worobiec and Tony Love |
Andrew Caillard MW | Grange 2018
Deep colour. Beautiful and classic, with intense blackberry, blackcurrant dark chocolate espresso aromas and wax polish, roasted chestnut, malt notes. Superbly concentrated wine with deep-set inky blackberry, blackcurrant, dark plum, dark chocolate mocha flavours, fine chocolaty/ velvety tannins, underlying espresso, malt, oak notes and hints of aniseed. Finishes chocolaty firm with superbly integrated acidity and mineral length. A glorious year for Grange. This will last 50 years at least. Wonderful. One of the greatest vintages of all time, highlighting a superb growing season, marvellous vineyard management, the fidelity of the Penfolds house style, and generations of imagination and effort.
Tony Love | Grange 2018
A much-awaited vintage that fulfils expectations and then some. It has all the elements that you come to expect but still you have to sit back and marvel that so much can be going on inside one wine. Firstly, it simply ain’t Grange unless it is wearing its traditional American oak coat, and this iteration isn’t going to shy away from that. But perhaps it is the generosity across the board of South Australia’s 2018 vintage that gathers in 18 months of barrel maturation, puts shape to its broad-shouldered dark fruits, turns oak notes into chocolate and sarsaparilla characters on one side of the brain and beef and mushroom braise in the other. All in all, it is a fabulous balance of inputs: big fruit, classically prominent oak, all its structural tannins and acidity fitting cleverly into one exceptionally complex and engaging being. Palate length is indefinite, perhaps suggesting similar cellaring potential well into the second half of the 21st century. Magnificent. 100 points.
Richard Hemming MW for JancisRobinson.com | Grange 2017
70th anniversary year. Delivers absolutely everything you want from Grange: the fruit is knee-weakeningly gorgeous, the oak fits in beautifully, and there's endless length that gives a thoughtful, engaging aftertaste.
Viticulture Vintage & Winemaking
Viticulture Vintage & Winemaking
The Penfolds Team
Key to the success of Penfolds has been a lineage of visionary winemakers. There have only ever been four Chief Winemakers at the helm of Penfolds – Max Schubert, Don Ditter, John Duval and Peter Gago, each a custodian of a rich winemaking tradition that goes back for more than 170 years.
Our current Penfolds winemaking team has more than 100 years between them as Penfolds winemakers. They are constantly refining and improving their work, whilst honouring the winemaking techniques of their predecessors.