Wine:

Rated 99/100 by Parker, the 2016 Red Southern Australia Grange is an impressive and sculptural wine. True to the style that forged its legend, aged 100% in new American barrels, it develops intense youthful flavors of cedar, vanilla, coconut and black fruits. Magnificently concentrated, the palate takes up this toasted and fruity tone, with silky tannins, a nice freshness and a long finish. Its potential is of course phenomenal, the question is just to know if you will enjoy it more after 30 or 40 years…!

Vinification:

Hand harvested, fermented and aged in new American oak barrels.

Color:

Bright red of good intensity.

Nose:

Enticing aromas of black fruits mixed with aromas of cedar, coconut and vanilla

Palate:

Fresh and concentrated, this wine with silky tannins delivers a palate full of toasted flavors and with particularly long finish! What a wine!

Temperature:

Serve between 16 and 18°C.

Food and wine pairing:

Rack of lamb roasted in a sauté pan, Charolais beef rib with marrow, roasted pigeon and confit with chanterelles.

Cellar aging:

From now until 2050 and more for enthusiasts

Penfolds is an incredible success story! The estate owes its worldwide fame to its iconic wine: Grange. This extraordinary wine has a unique style, class and depth without any equivalent on the continent, but its influence goes far beyond the Australian lands: it is on a par with the greatest wines of the planet, unanimously acclaimed by critics worldwide.