PENFOLDS GRANGE BIN 95 2019 75CL

A blend of 97% Shiraz with a 3% splash of Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2019 Penfolds Grange was sourced with 82% of the fruit from Barossa Valley, the rest from McLaren Vale, Coonawarra, and Clare Valley and was aged for 19 months in 100% new American oak hogsheads. Bringing out fragrant scents of garrigue, tilled soil, black olives, and fallen leaves, over a core of blackberry preserves, baked plums, and boysenberries, with emerging wafts of cast-iron pan and star anise. The full-bodied palate is super-tight knit with a firm, grainy texture and a crisp backbone supporting the muscular black fruit and savory layers, finishing long and minerally with a touch of star anise.
95 points Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, The Wine Independent