| Tasted 26/5/03 at the Parkhill Cellars Penfolds Dinner at Matteo's - 10th wine served. This is it - the wine we've waited most of then night for! Colour - Opaque, with a very tight purple red rim. Nose - closed, vigourous swirling (almost sloshing the wine out of the glass) brought up nothing but us blackberries/currants to my tired nose. Palate - Kapow! Massive explosion of sweet fruit, coating my mouth with the finest shrapnel of velvety tannins! Before sensory overload, all I could detect were the flavours foreshadowed by the nose, with the mouthfeel of the finest quality, high percentage cocoa, dark chocolate but minus the bitterness. What can one say about the length and structure that hasn't been said already of Granges in great vintages? Well, if the 94 was "vinfanticide", then what's this?? I hope I live long enough to drink this wine at its absolute peak - will it be as good as the 1971 (or better)? |
