Grange is an icon, being both Australia's and Penfolds' flagship wine. 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 recognized as the most consistent of the world's great wines. The Grange style is the ...

Rating: 97/100 - As reviewed by International Wine Cellar in Issue 109, July/August 2003 ($205) Very deep red-ruby. Smoky, deeply concentrated fruit bomb of a nose: blackberry, dark plum, cassis; creamy vanilla and lightly toasty coconutty oak; and ethereal background notes of white pepper, smoked meats, musky spices, tar and licorice. Profoundly concentrated but velvety-smooth and seamless; impressively muscular and thickly coated with oak, and bound by drying, astringent ta...

Rating: 99/100 - As reviewed by The Wine Advocate in Issue 148

Rating: 99/100 - As reviewed in Wine Advocate # 148 on Aug-03

Rating: 99/100 - As reviewed by Wine Spectator on 09/15/03

Superb 98/100