[SOLD-OUT] Penfolds Grange 2018

"The 2018 Grange Bin 95 is an ultra-premium blend of Shiraz and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon. It will go down as one of the great Grange vintages with immaculate balance and poise despite immense concentration. The sheer density of fruit is breath-taking, with exceptional vitality also on display. There is a dense, muscular core of fruit including blackberries, licorice, tar and dried sage in perfect alignment with decadent but well integrated American oak. Despite superb palate concentration, it is also surprisingly light on its feet and vibrant with wave after wave of brooding dark berry fruit and soy sauce flavours. A deep well of tannins also support an almost endless and distinguished finish. This will age incredibly well and improve for decades." - Angus Hughson, Vinous

"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." - Andrew Caillard, The Vintage Journal

"A much-awaited vintage that fulfils expectations and the all the elements that you come to expect but still you hav and marvel that so much can be going on inside one win simply ain’t Grange unless it is wearing its traditional Am and this iteration isn’t going to shy away from that. But p generosity across the board of South Australia’s 2018 vin gathers in 18 months of barrel maturation, puts shape to shouldered dark fruits, turns oak notes into chocolate an characters on one side of the brain and beef and mushro other. All in all, it is a fabulous balance of inputs: big frui prominent oak, all its structural tannins and acidity fitting one exceptionally complex and engaging being. Palate le indefinite, perhaps suggesting similar cellaring potential second half of the 21st century. Magnificent." - Tony Love, Wine Pilot

“A robust Grange from a lauded vintage, this wields sheer power with such compelling prowess. Uncompromising Grange. There are rich blackberries and plums on offer, together with brazen oak and abundant notes of blackcurrants, black cherries, charcoal, cola and hard brown spices. So fleshy and intense. Dark-chocolate and cocoa-powder aromas and flavors here, too. The tannins are polished and long, extruding deep into the finish and holding endlessly. Dark chocolate, black cherry, dark plum and more. Impressive. Brazen. One of the great Granges that will drink magnificently for decades to come.” – Nick Stock, jamessuckling.com