Penfolds Grange 2020

  • Penfolds
  • Australien, South Australia

7 329 kr

  • 750 ml
  • Art.nr 1040638

Sortiment Privatimport

Totalsyra 7 g/l

Förslutning Naturkork

Alkoholhalt 14,5 %

Röda viner

Karaktär

Tydlig och karakteristisk doft med inslag av björnbär, mörka körsbär, plommon, tydlig fatkaraktär, svartpeppar, lakrits, choklad, kaffe, charkuterier och kryddor. Koncentrerad, kraftfull och fyllig men elegant smak som är välbalanserad med fatkaraktär och med tydligt markerad men sammetslen tanninstruktur. Lång harmonisk eftersmak.

Lagring

Vinet har lagrats 20 månader i nya amerikanska ekfat, sk hogsheads. Vinet kan drickas redan nu, men kan med fördel lagras ända fram till 2055.

Passar till

Serveras vid 16-18°C till smakrika kötträtter av nöt, lamm eller vilt.

Information

Grange är ett av Australiens mest renommerade och hyllade viner och är officiellt listat som Heritage Icon of South Australia. Vinet representerar synergin mellan druvan shiraz och South Australias terroir. Första årgången producerades 1951 men de "hemliga årgångarna" producerades 1957-1959 efter att Penfolds ledning hade stängt Grange-projektet, men Max Schubert fortsatte att producera i hemlighet - som tur var för vinälskare och Penfolds.

Recensioner

The 2020 Grange comprises 97% Shiraz and the balance Cabernet Sauvignon from McLaren Vale (48%), Barossa Valley (40%) and Clare Valley (12%), and it matured for 20 months in American oak hogsheads, 100% new. While the metric of regions changes each season and the proportion of Shiraz changes slightly, the élevage and style remain the same. Aromatically, the wine is black and savory, with crushed ant, black peppercorn, blueberry, blackberry and licorice/aniseed. In the mouth, the wine feels lighter than some other vintages on release. There is something like clarity and perhaps a little hole in the mid-palate—it sits like clarity or less density and also features as breathing space. A nice wine, it is lighter than the preceding 2019. Both vintages had their challenges, but this 2020 season has yielded an "easier" feeling wine. Drink Date: 2024 - 2050

Wine Advocate 95p

Extremely dark, concentrated purplish crimson. Heady, rich, layered nose. Sweet start yet a dry, chewy finish. Very youthful. Wait! Almost painful to taste now. Drinking window: 2030-2058

Jancis Robinson 17.5+

This is dense, dark and brooding up front, showcasing gravel and hot cast iron flavors that show a hint of wintergreen. The second sip is much more revealing, with generous flavors of morello cherry, blackberry preserves, cassis and chocolate truffle cake, along with spice, pepper and earth notes that are complex, deep and long. The dense tannins have a firmness that suggests a long life in the cellar, as does the crescendo of complexity on the finish. Drink now through 2044.

Wine Spectator 96p