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2021 Penfolds Grange Shiraz
Australian Release

2021 Penfolds Grange Shiraz

Sale price$850
/ 750 mL

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This wine is imported from Australia. State import laws allow us to ship this wine to the following states: AK, CA, DC, FL, MA, MN, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, OR, SC, TN, WV, and WI.

Overview

The most powerful expression of Penfolds multi-vineyards, multi-region blending philosophy. Grange is a globally revered masterpiece and officially a Heritage Icon of South Australia – a national treasure, celebrated for its unmatched provenance and enduring legacy of excellence. Crafted utilizing intensely fand structured Shiraz grapes, the results is a unique Australian style that is now recognized as one of the world’s greatest wines. With an unbroken line of vintages from the experimental 1951, Grange clearly demonstrates the synergy between Shiraz and the soils and climates of South Australia.
2021 Penfolds Grange Shiraz
2021 Penfolds Grange Shiraz Sale price$850

Awards & Accolades

100

"Quite simply, a wow wine. Maroon/black in hue, one simply gets lost in the nose, just endlessly sniffing the most glorious cassis notes, along with black fruits, blueberries, coffee beans, aniseed, mulberries, delicatessen meats, tobacco leaves, plums and graphite. The wine is seamless, intense and immaculate with knife-edge balance. It simply dances with joy. There oak is there, undeniably, but it is so well handled that you almost have to think twice. So complex already, and yet so harmonious and decadent. Silky tannins, bright acidity, the intensity never wavers for an instant and there is incredible length – Rutherglen muscat length. This is as close to a perfect Grange as I can imagine. Fifty years, if you think you can last that long. A Lord-take-me-now wine, if ever there was one. 100 Points." - Ken Gargett

99

Lisa Cardelli

"This stellar 2021 vintage is composed of 94% Shiraz and 6% Cabernet Sauvignon. It is quiet, whispering gentle whiffs of pure spearmint oil, wild black currant, blackberry, turned earth, new leather, blue violets, bay leaf, red liquorice and that unforgettable smell from inside your best butcher shop. The tannins were dense yet sophisticated and well-built for the long haul. A lot was happening in the centre until the wine decided to regroup, walking quietly, yet with the right amount of confidence, down the long length. It was an engaging wine that evolved slowly, revealing itself gradually rather than all at once. The palate wasn't getting fatigued; instead, it was refreshed and encouraged to continue. A masterful piece that displays its power and class with grace."

2021 Penfolds Grange Shiraz

Taste Description

PALATE

An instant cornucopia of Grange markers –where to begin?! This 2021 vintage is certainly expansive across the palate. Three sources and three dimensions induce 'blackness' via selective Barossa/McLaren Vale/Clare Valley fruit sourcing and thereafter formidable structural length/width/depth stature. A vortex of mid-palate sumptuousness, framed by sleek, dusty tannins, and chocolatey/brûléed-suggestive oak. Less blurred are the Clare Valley sourcing descriptor giveaways –Dutch liquorice and menthol. Maybe, from Barossa –soaked dark satsuma plum, star anise, and roast quince? Tomorrow, a different reveal. Can't wait!

VINTAGE CONDITIONS

The Barossa Valley’s growing season was influenced by climatic swings. Winter delivered less rainfall than usual, particularly in July, but an unexpectedly wet August improved soil moisture in time for budburst and flowering. McLaren Vale experienced a temperate year, marked by a dry July followed by beneficial spring rains. Warm conditions during budburst and flowering created a promising start. Clare Valley’s winter also saw below-average rainfall, but August rains came to the rescue. Spring and summer temperatures hovered around average, with a few hotter days. The mild conditions experienced by the three regions delivered exceptional parcels of Shiraz, despite some yield challenges

The Story of Grange

The development of Max Schubert’s Grange is a modern tale of imagination, a battle against the odds and redemption. It began with a side trip to Bordeaux in 1949, where a wine ‘capable of staying alive for a minimum of twenty years’, first entered Schubert’s mind. His first experimental vintage in 1951 began a new way of thinking that would eventually lead to a signature wine style, but not before Grange was discredited and Max Schubert forced to make the wine in secrecy.