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    97 Points

    Penfolds Bin 95 Grange Shiraz 1999
    Penfolds Bin 95 Grange Shiraz 1999
    Penfolds Bin 95 Grange Shiraz 1999
    Penfolds Bin 95 Grange Shiraz 1999
    Penfolds Bin 95 Grange Shiraz 1999
    Penfolds Bin 95 Grange Shiraz 1999

    Penfolds Bin 95 Grange Shiraz 1999

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      This is the first 100% shiraz Grange since 1963, 1998 vintage was a tough act to follow, but the '99 season more than measures up with its hallmark fruit richness and ripe tannins.

      Beginning with an explosion of blackberry and blueberry aroma woven with perfectly tuned, malty, savoury oak, with liquorice and anise notes hovering above. The palate is covered with layers of fruit, with blackberry and blueberry. An underlying tarriness and new oak are seamlessly absorbed. A mass of fine grained tannins court a tremendous finish. All the essentials for a keeper.

      Combining traditional Australian techniques, inspiration from Europe and precision winemaking practices developed at Penfolds, Max Schubert made his first experimental wine in 1951. In 1957, Schubert was asked to show his efforts in Sydney to top management, invited wine identities and personal friends of the board. To his horror, the Grange experiment was universally disliked and Schubert was ordered to shut down the project. Max continued to craft his Grange vintages in secret, hiding three vintages '57, '58 and '59, in the depths of the cellars. Eventually, the Penfolds board ordered production of Grange to restart, just in time for the 1960 vintage. From then on, international acknowledgment and awards were bestowed on Grange, including the 1990 vintage of Grange, which was named Wine Spectator's Red Wine of the Year in 1995.

      This is the first 100% shiraz Grange since 1963, 1998 vintage was a tough act to follow, but the '99 season more than measures up with its hallmark fruit richness and ripe tannins.

      Beginning with an explosion of blackberry and blueberry aroma woven with perfectly tuned, malty, savoury oak, with liquorice and anise notes hovering above. The palate is covered with layers of fruit, with blackberry and blueberry. An underlying tarriness and new oak are seamlessly absorbed. A mass of fine grained tannins court a tremendous finish. All the essentials for a keeper.

      Combining traditional Australian techniques, inspiration from Europe and precision winemaking practices developed at Penfolds, Max Schubert made his first experimental wine in 1951. In 1957, Schubert was asked to show his efforts in Sydney to top management, invited wine identities and personal friends of the board. To his horror, the Grange experiment was universally disliked and Schubert was ordered to shut down the project. Max continued to craft his Grange vintages in secret, hiding three vintages '57, '58 and '59, in the depths of the cellars. Eventually, the Penfolds board ordered production of Grange to restart, just in time for the 1960 vintage. From then on, international acknowledgment and awards were bestowed on Grange, including the 1990 vintage of Grange, which was named Wine Spectator's Red Wine of the Year in 1995.

      Maker

      Penfolds

      Varietal

      Shiraz

      Country

      Australia

      Region

      South Australia

      Vintage

      1999

      ABV

      14%

      Bottle size

      750ml

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      Penfolds Bin 95 Grange Shiraz 1999

      Deep brick-red colour of a mature red wine, the bouquet echoing this with mature cigarbox and roasting-pan aromas of classic aged shiraz. Roasted chestnut, traces of mocha, but it has developed through its fruit stage into a drier spectrum of aromas now. The palate is still drying from tannin, very savoury and complex, mellow and long. Tannins are still quite insistent, but it's in its prime.

      — Huon Hooke, The Real Review, 97 Points. (Tasted 2023)

      This is a fabulously balanced Grange, the perfect follow-up to the extraordinary 1998. Full of luscious, elevated, malty oak and crawling with deliciously spiced, leather-like, licorice-laden, plum-infused, blackberried fruit, it’s gorgeously supple and gamey and long, with a magnificent silkiness and a sense of power, balance and finesse almost second to none. Given a good decant it drinks outstandingly well already, but it will live for a very long time. Given that time, this will become a top-shelf Grange.

      — Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front, 95 Points.

      Gamey and heady on the nose. Some menthol and real drive with some tannins still very much in evidence. Still a work in progress but a bit less charming than the 1989. Tastes like how I imagine beetle juice would. Still quite demanding at this stage!

      — Jancis Robinson.

      Penfolds

      Founded in 1844 by Dr Christopher and Mary Penfold at Magill Estate in South Australia, Penfolds has grown from a small colonial winery into one of Australia’s most significant wine producers. Its history has been shaped by generations of winemakers willing to challenge convention while preserving a remarkably consistent approach to style and quality.

      Mary Penfold played a defining role in the winery’s early development, overseeing production and experimenting with grape varieties and winemaking techniques as the estate expanded. A century later, Max Schubert would transform Penfolds again. Appointed the company’s first Chief Winemaker in 1948, his ambition to create an Australian red capable of developing over decades led to the first experimental Grange in 1951.

      That spirit of experimentation has continued through successive generations of Penfolds winemakers. From benchmark Australian wines including Grange, St Henri and Bin 707 to contemporary projects extending beyond Australia, the House has continued to evolve while maintaining a winemaking lineage stretching back more than 180 years.

      Tasting notes

      NOSE
      Dark Fruits, Cigarbox, Mocha

      Bouquet echoing with mature cigarbox and roasting-pan aromas of classic aged shiraz. 

      PALATE
      Savoury, Plum, Leather

      The palate is still drying from tannin, very savoury and complex, mellow and long.

      FINISH
      Silky, Menthol, Roasted Chestnut

      Tannins are still quite insistent, roasted chestnut, and traces of mocha.