Interesting article in The Australian today by Nick Ryan. Penfolds and Jaboulet are going to release a 2021 blend of Grange and La Chapelle.
It’s not April 1st?
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I had to check the calendar.
I am awaiting the Grange and Lagrange collab.
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Wow
Vinous came out with a short article today on the wine, for those who subscribe. Short version is they the two reviewers think the wines integrate seamlessly.
$3500 a bottle release price. That’s . . . something.
Maybe they’ll offer a Parallele 45 and Koonunga Hill blend for under $100 that I can afford.
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I do wonder how much Penfolds/Jaboulet paid Vinous to write the article…
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I don’t mean to get all mathy, but couldn’t one purchase a bottle of each wine, and pour both into an empty magnum, and end up with twice as much of the same wine for less than half that price?
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There should be a whole series. Kind of like “The Namesake Series” in Spinal Tap.
Grange and LaGrange
Le Gay, Croix de Gay and La Fleur de Gay
A blend of all twelve Morey family Burgs
Stags Leap and Stag’s Leap
Monsanto Chianti Classico with Roundup
Lots of possibilities!
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There might be seams. This $3500 bottle is seamless.
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Cask 11 1/2
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I’d like to see Ian Chappell make La Chapelle. It would be unrelentingly hard as nails.
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Joseph Swan could bottle a pinot noir from the Swan Terrace Vineyard.
Let’s assume that they are doing this to make the best possible wine, and not a gimmick (which I don’t believe for a second) is there some rationale for doing this?
What does each property brings to the table?
Grange I understand, comes from a variety of vineyards, which changes every year, so there is no real sense of terroir, while Jaboulet La Chapelle has a very specific site. So what is the wine supposed to be expressing?
The price tag is of course a joke. It might have been a fun project like the Palmer historical, but this is I think a little absurd.
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I completely agree with your post.
Trying to put a spin on this, maybe the density and power of Grange and some of the savory complexity of the La Chappelle work together to a good place.
I’m guessing it’s a good bottle of wine, and if it were $300 it might be worth a flyer to try once? But the pricing seems to be a Veblen thing which makes it kind of laughable and sad.
Did you ever try the Palmer blend thing? If so, how was it?
I’d love to know which countries they expect to be the main markets for this.
Gives people at Wine Paris (Vin Expo) something to talk about….
You can make it at home!
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