| Tasted 26/5/03 at the Parkhill Cellars Penfolds Dinner at Matteo's - 9th wine served. Colour - Deep purplish red. Nose - cassis, berries, slightly capsicumy. Palate - Blackcurrants, plums, with capsium, stewed asparagus and even tiny hints of frambois and coconuts. Fairly smooth, integrated oak and powdery tannins surrounding a characteristic sweet fruit core (perhaps a hint that it has a significant Barossa component?). Good structure and long length as expected from a Grange of a fairly good vintage, finishes pruny, savoury and ever so slightly bitter. Stills feel like a youthful wine, delicious to drink now, but I think it will develop and improve for more years to come (5-10?). |
