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This bottle sourced from within the UK. Dark blackish crimson. Heady and such concentration on the nose! Maybe just a tad too much? Or is that being too picky? Charcoal dominates sweetness. (JR)
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The Wine Advocate
Jay S Miller, Wine Advocate
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Tasted blind. Vibrant crimson. Mint and some TCA on the nose but the palate is really rather gorgeous! I really like the texture of this wine even if the flavour is a bit spoilt by presumably a tainted cork (less concentrated wines would be worse affected). Rich but restrained. Long. My score ignores the TCA. Salty and firm with great plush richness across the palate and some tannins, doubtless exaggerated by the TCA. (JR)
Lots of quality oak and super-ripe, rich black fruits. Firm tannins, lots of concentration and a powerful nut and vanilla oak to finish. Highly concentrated, explicit fruit and extremely showy. (RH)
Penfolds- iconic 2003 Grange is Shiraz blended with 3.5% Cabernet Sauvignon from Coonawarra. It was aged for 15 months in 100% new American oak. Opaque purple-colored, it offers up aromas of cedar, cigar box, leather, Asian spices, and blueberry. On the palate it is layered but a bit short on depth and grip with only moderate length. It will evolve for 5-7 years and drink well from 2014 to 2030. This is a good but not great vintage of Grange making it vastly overpriced. Penfolds produces a bevy of excellent value-priced wines, many of which were reviewed in Issue 178. Importer: Southcorp Wines USA; www.penfolds.com.au
About the producer
Penfolds is Australia’s most famous wine producer, known best for their iconic top wine, Grange. First produced commercially in 1952, Grange has since gone on to become one of the world’s most famous fine wines. In 2001, the wine was listed as an Australian heritage icon.