Penfolds - Grange - 1990

Fruit from Barossa Valley, Clare Valley, Coonawarra. A totally trouble-free growing season enabled grapes to ripen perfectly. Vintage conditions were also ideal, enabling fruit to be harvested and processed without compromising quality in any way. 95% Shiraz, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. 18 months in new American oak hogsheads. pH 3.36, TA 7.1 g/l. Big rich dusty. Cusp of drinkability. Easy molten wine gums. Very satisfying. 18 Points/Drink 2015-2030 - Jancis Robinson, JancisRobinson.com Sweet oak shows prominently – but this is a big wine, and can cope, with its oak only serving as a temperance to all that sweet, saturated fruit. In the mouth it’s superb: big, balanced, long and stuffed with mature tannin. Earthy sawdusty characters liven up the considerable churn of blackcurrant-like flavour. It’s a model of a pristine, powerful, youthful wine. 96 Points/Drink 2010-2025 - Campbell Mattinson