2001 Penfolds Grange Magnum Winery: Penfolds Vintage: 2001 Region: Barossa Valley SA Bottle Size: 1500ml Variety: Shiraz Price: $1450.00

Grange is both Penfolds and arguably Australia's most famous wine and is officially listed as a Heritage Icon of South Australia. Grange boasts an unbroken line of vintages from the experimental 1951 and clearly demonstrates the synergy between shiraz and the soils and climate of South Australia.

Penfolds Grange displays fully-ripe, intensely-flavoured and textured shiraz grapes in combination with new American oak. The result is a unique Australian style that is now recognised as one of the most consistent of the world's great wines. The Grange style is the original and most powerful expression of Penfolds multi-vineyard, multi-district blending philosophy.

Peter Gago Comments

COLOUR

Deep, dark and dense, retaining bright purple hues.

NOSE

The nose is immediately Grange, revealing barrel ferment complexities soaked in dark berried fruits. Vibrant, youthful and lifted, a mix of tightly packed liquorice, freshly tanned leather and dark spices create a poised, controlled and distinctive wine.

PALATE

A rich, full-flavoured and concentrated wine with complex rum/raisin dark chocolate, liquorice, quince paste and dried fruit notes. Prominent, well integrated tannins align with oak (all but soaked up by the fruits) to create a lingering continuum of flavours and tactile persistence. Beautifully balanced, this 100% Barossa wine delivers the expectations demanded of a Grange from this vintage.

This wine was aged for 17 months in new American oak hogsheads.

Alc/Vol: 14.5%  Acidity: 6.5g/l  pH: 3.66

 Last Tasted 12 Dec 2005

 Drink 2009 - 2038

Ideally suited to Beef, Lamb, Duck & Game

Wine Companion tasting note.