2015 ««««« Drink 2030 to 2080.

Deep crimson. Fresh blackberry, blackcurrant, red cherry, dark chocolate and mocha aromas with herb garden and star anise notes. Generous and supple with inky dark cherry, blackberry pastille and mulberry fruits, fine graphite textures, inky mid-palate complexity and fresh underlying mocha/crème brûlée oak. Silken, sinuous and beautifully integrated with extraordinarily restrained power and wonderful mineral length. Finishes with a firm chocolaty plume. Not as substantial as 2014 but more classic in structure like the Claret style first envisaged. Is it 1963 all over again?

98 percent shiraz, 2 percent cabernet sauvignon. Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Clare Valley and Magill Estate (Adelaide). Voted Wine of the Year by US lifestyle magazine Robb Report in June 2020.

Dark fruits and dark chocolate bouquet with most attractive dark liquorice nuances. The tannins are civilised and settled playing a very supportive structural role. (JH)

Inky deep with a sweet core of ripe sweet black fruits and coating, quite grippy tannins. (FW)

2016 ««««« Drink 2030 to 2070.

Deep crimson. Intense elemental wine with elderberry, brambly liquorice, dark cherry, blackberry, blackcurrant and blueberry aromas. Gorgeously seductive with dark cherry, blackberry, dried plum fruits, superb rich dark chocolate and grilled nut notes, plentiful ripe tannins and mocha-roasted chestnut and vanilla oak notes. Finishes slinky chalky and long with mineral length. Superb density and power. All in balance but still unintegrated. Superb potential.

97 percent shiraz, 3 percent cabernet sauvignon. Barossa Valley (including Kalimna Vineyard), McLaren Vale and Clare Valley with a 1 percent contribution from Magill Estate.

Powerful young Grange with plush blue and dark fruits, spicy mocha oak, and dense chewy tannins all in seamless harmony. (JR)

Lovely crushed blueberries and cocoa with seamless new oak. Very beautiful and harmonious with a deep-seated elegance. (FW)

When it comes to Grange there is no

broken line through the generations

and vintages. We all supported

Max s ambition and played our part in

refining the style and making it the

legend it is today. JOHN BIRD,

Retired Senior Winemaker

Right: Grange bottles from the 1970s had white capsules. However, some of these bottles have been re-corked and now have red capsules

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