2019 Penfolds, Grange, Bin 95, Australia World Cup 2026 jancisrobinson

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When they are working on a patch of vines they are usually accompanied by their hens who eat up any lurking pests

This has the depth and power to last for decades but the perfect balance gives it an almost balletic quality: pure sophistication

The nose is initially reticent but some time in the glass brings out subtle banana bread

General Manager Paul Pontallier is rightly proud of his 2006

2019 Penfolds, Grange, Bin 95, Australia World Cup 2026 jancisrobinsonDark, dank and immaculate. The oak handling and tannic precision boast ample class. Beneath lurks a latent, molten beauty that will unravel eventually. I like this Grange. I feel that the decadent style, molten and fleshy, is well suited to the drought vintage and its thick grape skin tannic scour. Mercifully, the tannins are pliant and despite it all, plenty juicy. Firework aromas of raspberry liqueur, camphor and gunpowder, with a smear of black