GRANGE HERMITAGE
Please refer to lots 284-290, 291, 642, 787 and 788
Australia 's most legendary wine, the brainchild of the late Max Schubert. Created in experimental format only as early as 1951, it was not presented to the public until 1956. Then, so different was it from the wines that the wines that the Australian market was used to, that critics simply did not know what to make of it. So extreme were the reactions that Schubert was ordered by the Penfolds board to cease his experimentation. It is to the wine world's benefit that Schubert ignored these instructions. Grange has gone on to become one of the most highly sought after vintages. No less than ? vintages are presented in this sale; including 1955, which predates commercial production. The range is unique
Grange Hermitage--Vintage 1971
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Grange Hermitage--Vintage 1971
South Australia, Penfolds
Opaque; packed, peppery; huge, velvety - in retrospect a cross between Latour and Pétrus. Still very intese and tannic in 1982 and 1985. Two more recently: deep, rich, "thick" - high extract; high alcohol pepperiness but sweet, good fruit, great depth, after an hour perfect, like a mature Latour; very sweet, full of alcohol, extract, fruit, fleshy, great length yet rounded. Great wine
1 dozen bottles per dozen
South Australia, Penfolds
Opaque; packed, peppery; huge, velvety - in retrospect a cross between Latour and Pétrus. Still very intese and tannic in 1982 and 1985. Two more recently: deep, rich, "thick" - high extract; high alcohol pepperiness but sweet, good fruit, great depth, after an hour perfect, like a mature Latour; very sweet, full of alcohol, extract, fruit, fleshy, great length yet rounded. Great wine
1 dozen bottles per dozen