100

Penfolds Grange Shiraz 2001

Quick rate: Barely drinkableAverage (Insignificant)GoodVery goodAstonishing
Opinions: 1   Your rating: -
Other rating(s) Bacchus: -
 DiVino: -
Producer:
[Claim your business]
Penfolds
Country:
Australia (Австралия) 
Vintage:
[Add another vintage]
2001
Other vintages: 
1999
Variety:
Shiraz (Сира (Shiraz))
€ 0.00  
Added by fififitnesa
13 Jul 2009

Winemaker's notes:
Deep, dark and dense, retaining bright purple hues.

The nose is immediately Grange, revealing barrel ferment complexities soaked in dark berried fruits. Vibrant, youthful and lifted, a mix of tightly packed liquorice, freshly tanned leather and dark spices create a poised, controlled and distinctive wine.

A rich, full-flavoured and concentrated wine with complex rum/raisin dark chocolate, liquorice, quince paste and dried fruit notes. Prominent, well integrated tannins align with oak (all but soaked up by the fruits) to create a lingering continuum of flavors.

[Blog it]

Register with us and you will also be able to add this wine to your Wine Journal, Cellar, Wish List and Favourites. Go ahead - sign up.
How to drink it
Food: Antipasto, Carpaccio (Beef), Couscous, Duck, Ham, Hamburger, Pasta with Tomato Sauce, Pates, Pheasant, Rabbit, Sausage, Spicy Mexican, Steak (Grilled, Broiled), Tuna, Venison
Cheese: -
Temperature: 18 °C
Red or White
From the Reading Room
The color of wine comes from the skin of the grapes. The juice that comes from nearly every variety of grape when pressed is white or clear. This is true of red grapes as well as white wines. The color or pigments of red grapes are found in the skins of the grapes. In order to make a red wine from ...
Read the full article
Comments & Ratings
1tonny_guy
27 Apr 2012