Category: | Red Wines |
Sub-Category: | Red Wines |
Producer: | Penfolds |
Label Name: | Grange |
Vintage: | 2019 |
Country: | Australia |
Region: | South Australia (multi‑region: Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Coonawarra, Wrattonbully) |
Volume: | 750ml |
ABV: | 14.5% |
Grape(s): | Shiraz |
Acidity: | 3 |
Tannins: | 5 |
Body: | 5 |
Length: | 5 |
Aroma Intensity: | 5 |
Best Temperature: | 16-18°C |
Awards/Ratings
Key scores and notes: Penfolds technical/tasting note (official release); Wine Spectator 98+ (MaryAnn Worobiec); Jancis Robinson 19/20; Andrew Caillard MW 98+; Tyson Stelzer 98; The Wine Advocate/Halliday reviewers ~97; James Suckling mid‑90s
Tasting Note
Powerful, concentrated black and blue fruits—blackberry, black cherry—layered with mocha, espresso, anise, black olive and exotic spice. Dense, fine-grained tannins, bright mid-palate lift and a long, mocha‑tinged finish.
Food Pairing
Western: grilled ribeye, roast lamb, beef Wellington, aged cheeses. Asian: Peking duck, char siu, Korean BBQ (galbi), spicy Sichuan beef, hoisin‑glazed pork.
Production Method
Multi‑regional Shiraz harvested across South Australia; traditional fermentation with extended maceration, matured 19 months in 100% new American oak hogsheads before bottling.
Vineyard Info
Penfolds, founded 1844; Grange created by Max Schubert in the 1950s as the winery’s flagship Shiraz. Now overseen by Chief Winemaker Peter Gago; icon of Australian wine.