CELLAR RESERVE BAROSSA VALLEY GRENACHE

VINTAGES

2002, 2016 and 2018.

VARIETY

Grenache

ORIGIN

Pedigree vineyards in the Barossa Valley, South Australia. Established as bush vines and, on occasion, trellised as they matured.

FERMENTATION

Open headed-down fermenters and small stainless steel static fermenters.

MATURATION

11 months in older French hogsheads.

COMMENTS

Made only in exceptional grenache vintages where the colour, weight and density of fruit suits the Penfolds style.

2002 ««««« Drink now to 2025.

Medium-deep crimson. Developed plum, wood, varnish and praline aromas with herb notes. Sweet, musky and inky plum flavours with developed shellac, polished notes, fine loose-knit silky tannins and lovely mid-palate viscosity. Finishes slinky and long. Still delicious to drink.

A well-matured wine with plenty of soft spice and chocolate on the palate. Very suited for drinking now. A beautiful expression of grenache. (FW)

2016 ««««« Drink now to 2026.

Medium-deep crimson. Fresh and ripe crushed raspberry, red plum and violet aromas. A beautifully focussed wine with deep-set red plum, crushed raspberry and cranberry fruits, fine, loose-knit, brambly textures and a marked but balanced acidity. Finishes chalky sweet and long. Impressive wine.

Bright red cherry and raspberry fruits. Soft in texture but the alcohol is a little too obvious. An early-to medium-drinking style. (FW)

2018 «««« Drink now to 2030.

Medium-deep crimson. Fragrant raspberry, musky plum and a hint of eucalypt. A generous and sweet fruited wine with plentiful raspberry, plum and mulberry fruits. Supple sweet ripe persistent chalky tannins and fresh long acidity. A fruit bomb with underlying vigour.

Very fresh and lifted with lovely spice but seems overly tannic at this phase of its life. (FW)

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