PREFACE
The Rewards of Patience is the definitive reference guide for Penfolds wines. It provides wine collectors and wine trade with independent and updated expert opinion about the aging progression of Penfolds vintages, from the 1951 Bin 95 Grange to the 2018 Koonunga Hill Shiraz and almost everything in between.
It also highlights the singularity of the Penfolds brand, the celebrated longevity of its wines is connected to a winemaking heritage and method of craftsmanship handed down through generations of winemakers for over 175 years. The famous Penfolds House Style and the emotive stories behind the labels have captivated wine collectors for years. The wines are loved for their inviting richness of flavour, consistency of quality and longevity. Penfolds is a great Australian wine tradition shared by people from all walks of life.
The Rewards of Patience is a collaborative effort. The tasting alone is massively detailed in execution with a team of dedicated project managers, winemakers and cellar door staff involved. Chief Winemaker Peter Gago has been instrumental in building it into the substantial reference it has become.
As an amateur historian of Australian wine, I see the story of Penfolds as a remarkable fragment of our 19th-century aspirations and a brilliant example of modern Australian ambition. In this edition, we move the focus from the history of Penfolds to full tasting notes we hope that Edition 8 will enable collectors and providores of Penfolds to track more easily the progress of vintages.
I sincerely hope that it will be valued as an authoritative reference guide, as was first envisaged almost 40 years ago.
Andrew Caillard, MW September 2020
Andrew Caillard, MW
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