Penfolds 2013 Grange Bin 95 100 Points 75cl / 14.5%

A bottle of Penfolds 2013 Grange Bin 95 from South Australia, matured for 18 months in American oak hogsheads. This was bottled by Penfolds Wines and imported into the United States by TWE Imports, Napa.This is bottle number AU592.

'Remember that old Heinz Ketchup “anticipation” ad from the 1970s? The palate of this 2013 Grange does just that. It makes you wait with so much delicious promise being drip fed into the mouth at first—and then it bursts forth and delivers!

This vintage is a blend of 96% Shiraz and 4% Cabernet Sauvignon, coming from the Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Coonawarra and Magill Estate. Very deep inky purple-black colored, the 2013 Grange has a profoundly scented nose of crème de cassis, preserved black plums, blueberry pie and licorice over nuances of baker’s chocolate, smoky bacon and fragrant earth, plus exotic spice wafts of cumin seed, cardamom, fenugreek and star anise. Unfurling and slowly building in the medium to full-bodied mouth with wonderful grace and depth, it reveals an incredible array of ripe black fruit, spice, meat and earth-inspired flavors, with a rock-solid frame to support this beauty (it should easily cellar for 40+ years!), while previously latent flavors emerge fully on the epically long finish, culminating in that ultimate Grange experience. Oh, yes.

100 points' Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Wine Advocate, tasted 2017

This Penfolds 2013 Grange Bin 95 sold at our online auction for £460