1979 Grange Bin 95

Penfolds

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98
Points
Tasting 2021

Tasting Notes

98
Tasting from 08.08.2021: Anne Krebiehl MW

Scents of leather, earth and crushed, dried tobacco leaves blend with ripe plum and fill the nose. In fact, the fragrance fills the entire mind. The palate is poised and wonderfully savoury, revealing notions of lanoline, leather and morel but there still is an exquisite core of fruit pervaded by real freshness. More air reveals even more savoury layers of miso and soy, the echo is of earth and eternity.

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Region: Australia
Category: Red Wine
Grape Variety: Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage: 1979
Alcohol Level: 14.5%
Stopper: Cork
Winery: Penfolds
Region
Australia
Australia's wine-growing history is one of the youngest in the New World, beginning only towards the end of the 18th century. Until the 1970s, viticulture...
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Penfolds

5072 Magill
Australien
+61 (3963) 32000
www.penfolds.com

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2010 Grange Bin 95
Penfolds
Australia
South Australia,  Australia
Red Wine
Syrah
14,5%
€€€€€
Grange Bin 95 Red Wine
100
1998 Grange Bin 95
Penfolds
Australia
South Australia,  Australia
Red Wine
Syrah
14,5%
Grange Bin 95 Red Wine
100
2018 Grange
Penfolds
Australia
Adelaide,  Australia
Red Wine
Syrah
14,5%
Grange Red Wine
99
2018 Grange Bin 95
Penfolds
Australia
Australia
Red Wine
Syrah
14,5%
Grange Bin 95 Red Wine
99
2016 Grange Bin 95
Penfolds
Australia
South Australia,  Australia
Red Wine
Syrah
14,5%
Grange Bin 95 Red Wine
99
2008 Grange Bin 95
Penfolds
Australia
Australia
Red Wine
14,5%
Grange Bin 95 Red Wine
99
2004 Bin 60A Coonawarra Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz
Penfolds
Australia
South Australia,  Australia
Red Wine
13,5%
Bin 60A Coonawarra Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz Red Wine
99
2002 Grange Bin 95
Penfolds
Australia
South Australia,  Australia
Red Wine
Syrah
14,5%
Grange Bin 95 Red Wine
99
2019 Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon
Penfolds
Australia
South Australia,  Australia
Red Wine
Cabernet Sauvignon
14,5%
Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon Red Wine
98
2018 Superblend 802A Cabernet Shiraz
Penfolds
Australia
Australia
Red Wine
14,5%
Superblend 802A Cabernet Shiraz Red Wine
98
2017 Grange Bin 95
Penfolds
Australia
Australia
Red Wine
Shiraz
14,5%
Grange Bin 95 Red Wine
98
2015 Grange Bin 95
Penfolds
Australia
South Australia,  Australia
Red Wine
Syrah
14,5%
Grange Bin 95 Red Wine
98
2013 Grange Bin 95
Penfolds
Australia
South Australia,  Australia
Red Wine
Syrah
14,5%
Grange Bin 95 Red Wine
98
2008 Grange Bin 95
Penfolds
Australia
South Australia,  Australia
Red Wine
Syrah
14,5%
€€€€€
Grange Bin 95 Red Wine
98
2006 Grange Bin 95
Penfolds
Australia
South Australia,  Australia
Red Wine
Syrah
14,5%
Grange Bin 95 Red Wine
98
2004 Grange Bin 95
Penfolds
Australia
South Australia,  Australia
Red Wine
Syrah
14,5%
Grange Bin 95 Red Wine
98
1979 Grange Bin 95
Penfolds
Australia
Australia
Red Wine
14,5%
Grange Bin 95 Red Wine
98
2019 St. Henri Shiraz
Penfolds
Australia
Adelaide,  Australia
Red Wine
Syrah
14,5%
St. Henri Shiraz Red Wine
97
2019 Bin 169 Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon
Penfolds
Australia
Coonawarra,  South Australia,  Australia
Red Wine
Cabernet Sauvignon
14,5%
Bin 169 Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon Red Wine
97
2019 St. Henri Shiraz
Penfolds
Australia
South Australia,  Australia
Red Wine
Syrah
14,5%
St. Henri Shiraz Red Wine
97
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