1995 Penfolds Grange- Australia, South Australia (9/3/2018)
decanted 2 hrs thanks to previous tasting note suggestions. tasted from riedel syrah glasses… center of the dark red orange meniscus is opaque perhaps a little brown on the edge… nice legs after swirling nose first hot, then dark stone fruit, some smoke, palate the same with some dark red roses…i grow em, so i know, finish, nice 30-45 seconds. my wife, who has a wonderful palate describes the wine as powerful and elegant at the same time, but she is a Grange addict (94 pts.)
I’d drink more Penfolds but they’re just so danged expensive now – Magill & RWT used to be what, $30-$35? St. Henri, $40-$45? I remember buying 28, 128, 389, & 407 for $18-$23 all day long…hell, even Bin 707 was only like $70-$80.
One of the advantages of getting old is being able to post stuff like Grange was $40/btl when I started buying it in the '80s. I bought regularly through the 80s and 90s but quit when the price approached $200. The 1998 was my last.
