No other Australian wine can rival the quality and development pattern of Grange. Always exciting and opulent, the pinnacle of Australian reds, 1987 Grange is an elegant edition, beginning juicy and plummy, culminating in a very firm, dry finish. The growing season and vintage were marked by cool weather, crops in most South Australian regions were reduced by hailstorms in October.

A very great Grange vintage.

Shiraz with a small amount (1%) Cabernet, from the Kalimna and other superior vineyards in the Barossa, Clare Valley and Modbury (Adelaide Plains). A cool to mild growing season followed by similarly good conditions at vintage, with late rain delaying picking. An elegantly structured vintage with blackberry black olive plum flavours, and firm savoury tannins.

Max Schubert's experimental work in the 1950s determined that South Australian Cabernet was unreliable, he recognised that Grange should be based around a spectrum of fruit. One of the great strengths of Grange is, whilst mostly a Shiraz, it does not rely on the performance of a single vineyard. From fruit grown at the Kalimna and other Barossa vineyards, Magill Estate in Adelaide, and other superior vineyards in the Coonawarra, McLaren Vale and Clare Valley, the 1984 is balanced with a small amount of Cabernet Sauvignon 5%.

This vintage was seriously affected by drought, and the devastating Ash Wednesday bushfires. Summer rainfall was half the average, following by record rains and flooding in March.

A very good vintage with a mild growing season, culminating in a burst of warm weather.

Winemaker John Duval called the 1981 a big, tannic Grange. A warm to hot, drought-affected summer yielded a powerfully concentrated wine with chocolate raisin fruit, earthy nuances, and pleasant oak.

The 1980 Grange is predominantly Shiraz with a small amount of Cabernet Sauvignon (4%) from the Kalimna and other Barossa vineyards, the Clare Valley, Magill Estate, McLaren Vale and Coonawarra. A generally good growing season with fine and warm conditions, was followed by a cool vintage.

Penfolds Grange has maintained its place as Australia's most prestigious red wine over four decades. An Australian icon, Grange represents a tradition in winemaking that is totally uncompromising. Grange has bypassed the fads and trends of modern winemaking in the sense that it has maintained an integrity of style and remained true to its origins in the mind of Max Schubert. An unusually wet (but hot) growing season, the 1979 was sourced from the Kalimna and other Barossa vineyards, the Clare Valley, Magill Estate and the McLaren Vale.

Grange is both Penfolds and arguably Australia's most famous wine and is officially listed as a Heritage Icon of South Australia. Penfolds Grange displays fully-ripe, intensely-flavoured and textured shiraz grapes in combination with new American oak. The first 100% Shiraz Grange since 1963, and an excellent follow on to the.

Grange is both Penfolds and Australia's most famous wine and is officially listed as a heritage icon of South Australia. An exceptional vintage, 1998 remains a superbly balanced and sumptuous wine, with all the hallmarks of a great, long-living Grange.

Grange is likely to remain positioned as Australia's flagship wine, many vintages far into the future. When Max Schubert embarked on his voyage of discovery and innovation during the late 1940s, the fledgling wine industry was relatively amateurish and fragmented. Winemaker John Duval's contribution to the evolution of Grange has also been critical. His stewardship has probably seen the greatest developments and innovation in viticulture and winemaking. A remarkable vintage Grange is the 1997, considering it's place between the great 1996 and 1998 editions.

Deep plum-red colour. Brooding nose of praline, plum and blueberry. Layered succulent and stylish full oak palate. Earthy fruit flavours of plum and chocolate and very rich chunky chewy tannins. Excellent balance and length.

Despite a difficult vintage, rigorous selection of intensely flavoured grapes from mature vines in some of the finest vineyards produced a wine that exceeded vintage expectations.

There's a noticeable cabernet component here (it's 11% cabernet), giving the flavour profile a noticeable hit of blackcurrant and a more elongated, bony, tannin-driven structure. Still, the palate does come with flights of deep, dense, dark blackberry and crushed ants, and there's a thick, malty, mentholly hit, particularly on the finish. Again, the striking thing here is the wine's balance. And with a polished array of supporting flavours: cedar, dark chocolate, Asian-spice and brooding prune, it seems that time could easily do wonders.

The benchmark by which exceptional red wines in Australia, and increasingly overseas, are often measured. The reasons for this are many, concentration of flavour, complexity and longevity. Grange blossoms with 15 to 20 years of bottle age, when most other reds have past their best, and better vintages can live to continue developing for decades longer. First produced by Max Schubert in 1951, the 1993 Grange represents over forty years of winemaking excellence. An earlier maturing vintage that's nevertheless rich and concentrated, very scented with apricot/camomile/dark berry/smoky aromas.

No other red wine in Australia can rival the reputation, consistent quality or proven development pattern of Penfolds Grange. The pinnacle of Australian reds, Grange is a rich, opulent, full-bodied Shiraz, destined for a long cellar life. The winemaking process involves great attention to detail, from selecting the best possible grapes sourced from low-yielding, old Shiraz vines, through to fermentation and fastidious oak maturation. The 1992 Grange has great complexity and balance, a powerful and rich vintage with mouth-coating tannins.

At first it presents as remarkably fruity, but the more you look at it the more it seems like an example of highly skilled engineering. It's a wine of considerable and outstanding finesse, with black and red berry fruit cascading through the mouth. Great structure, and it will get even better.

Wine Spectator Red of the Year. History will record 1990 as one of the great Australian vintages of a generation. Grange 1990 was one of the very best to date, with the potential to rival the classic vintages of 1955, 1962 and 1971. A superbly balanced wine, and a very great Grange vintage with tremendous finesse and understated power.

Grange boasts an unbroken line of vintages from the experimental 1951 and clearly demonstrates the synergy between Shiraz and the soils and climate of South Australia. Penfolds Grange displays fully-ripe, intensely-flavoured and textured Shiraz grapes in combination with new American oak. The result is a unique Australian style that is now recognised as the most consistent of the world's great wines. The Grange style is the original and most powerful expression of Penfolds' multi-vineyard, multi-district blending philosophy.

A big, typical Grange and a very good wine from this vintage. Smooth, sumptuous and firmly structured, its deep, long palate of dark red and black berry flavours is wound around firm, but powder-fine tannins.

Sourced from Kalimna in the Barossa, McLaren Vale, the Magill Estate and Padthaway. An exceptional vintage in both quality and quantity.

The 1995 Grange is the 45th consecutive vintage of the wine that carries the flag for the Australian wine industry. Fruit from the Barossa and the McLaren Vale, the Magill Estate and Padthaway.

Grange 1994 represents an excellent offering from an above average vintage. Layers of massive Shiraz fruit and expertly crafted oak manifest themselves. Forceful, ripe tannins are balanced by sheer weight of fruit.

Penfolds Grange, blossoms with fifteen to twenty years of bottle age, when most other reds have past their best, and better vintages can live and continue developing for decades longer. A self-taught, practical winemaker with a natural inquisitiveness for winemaking theory, creator Max Schubert embraced a romantic view of winemaking. Though he retired as Chief Winemaker at Penfolds in 1973, Max remained involved as a mentor and Winemaker Emeritus for another 20 vintages. 1993 is an earlier maturing vintage under Magnum, kept optimumly cellared.

The pinnacle of Australian reds, Grange represents opulence, vintage 1992 offers great complexity and balance, a powerful and rich release with mouth-coating tannins. No other red wine in Australia can rival the reputation, consistent quality or proven development pattern of Penfolds Grange. A full-bodied Shiraz wine, fleshed out with a component of exceptional Cabernet fruit, under magnum, the 1992 was destined for a long cellar life. Deep crimson in colour, with smoky/dark chocolate/blueberry/ plum aromas and flavours, fine grained with slightly leafy tannins, finishing very firm and tight.

The 1991 Grange shocked me with its sweet, forward display of jammy black fruits, smoke, roasted coffee, and copious toasty oak scents and flavors. This mouthfilling Grange, inevitably becomes more complex and civilized with ten or more years of cellaring.

The 1990 and 1991 Granges are regarded by many as extraordinary wines with incredible power and finesse. James Halliday calls this vintage flawlessly supple. In 1990 Grange dropped the Hermitage tag, to align with the name by which it had been known internationally for many years. 95% Shiraz, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon from Kalimna and other Barossa Valley vineyards, Clare Valley and Coonawarra. A very great vintage with a perfect warm, dry growing season and harvest, yielded a Grange with solid structure and dominant fruit characters.

Bin 707 is the Cabernet Sauvignon equivalent to Grange, crafted from ripe intensely-flavoured fruit, fermented and matured in new American oak, and expressing the Penfolds policy of multi-vineyard, multi-region fruit sourcing. Branded by a Qantas marketer, Bin 707 was first vintaged in 1964. The fruit selected for Bin 707 is subject to stringent quality regimens, sometimes a vintage goes unreleased if Cabernet grapes of the required style and quality are unavailable. Big and long-lived, Bin 707 has a secure place among the ranks of Australia's great Cabernets.

A mouthful of exceptional vineyard Cabernet fruit, fermentation in barrel, and maturation in new American oak.

The 1996 Bin 707 may well turn out to be one of the best of the last two decades - complex and firm with superb balance and character.

The 1994 Bin 707 is a spectacular wine from an outstanding year.

When Max Schubert returned from Bordeaux and began his quest to make a great Australian wine, his mind was on Cabernet Sauvignon. Schubert experimented with Cabernet as the possible contender for his Grange project. He recognised however, that the finest Australian Cabernet vineyards could not always deliver the consistency of quality he needed, nor could it supply the volume required for a commercially viable fine wine. ln the end, pragmatism won the day, and plans to craft a pure Penfolds Cabernet Sauvignon were delayed until the inaugural 1964 vintage.

The foundations of Bin 707 are carefully selected ripe grapes, barrel fermentation and new American oak maturation. Complex and firm with superb balance and character, the Coonawarra contributes strength and firmness, while the Barossa component adds mouthfilling richness, resulting in a completeness of structure and flavour. An immense wine, dominant and richly satisfying, 1992 was a vintage which came up to Penfolds exacting standards for the release of a super premium Cabernet. An excellent year, and a great Bin 707.

Cabernet Sauvignon was at the heart of, Penfolds patriarch Max Schubert's quest for the singular, and first growth, grand Australian red. He partially succeeded, in that Cabernet traditionally makes up a tiny proportion of the finished Grange cuvee. The best batches of sophisticated Cabernet fruit are always reserved for the Bin 707, if and only if, the quality of the vintage meets Penfolds exacting standards for what is arguably Australia's best Cabernet wine. A warm sunny growing season, arriving on the back of the outstanding vintage from the previous year.

When Bin 707s eminent architect, the great Max Schubert returned from Bordeaux and began his quest to create the Australian Premier Grand Cru, his mind was on set firmly on Cabernet Sauvignon. It was not until 1964 however, that Schubert could be satisfied he'd got the formula right. Designed to be a national flagship Cabernet of the highest order, Bin 707 was not made from 1970 to 1975, nor in 1981, 1995, 2000 or 2003. Bin 707 holds a secure place within the pantheon of profound Australian icon wines, undisputedly retaining its Grange of all Cabernet moniker.

Coonawarra Cabernet seemed to be the only fruit which distinguished itself this vintage, heatwaves and a dry growing season destroyed the size and quality of grapes. Coonawarra terra rossa Cabernet was spared the fate of most Australian wines, Penfolds took the decision to release a Bin 707 from the 1989 vintage, solely on the quality of their superior Cabernet fuit, and the stature of the finished wine. As always, only ever released if the result meets exacting standards worthy of Australia's best Cabernet, wonderfully complex and engaging.

On initial tastings, a highly scented release with good cassis fruit. A cold winter throughout, the wet chilly growing season confounded the Barossa Cabernet, limiting the crop through hailstorm damage. A vintage of adversity for the Penfolds vineyards, nevertheless the yields produced a spine of good Cabernet fruit from which it was determined an excellent ultimate cuvee would be fashioned. Though the finish was originally noted as being quite hard and dry, the wine is characteristically savoury, with cassis, and immensely fine tannins.

A favourably warm, dry and ideal growing season yielded some of the most exceptional Cabernet, Penfolds Bin 707 is a standout wine of this vintage. A deeply flavoured, complex and beautifully developed wine with blackcurrant/ sous-bois/ cedar aromas and leafy Cabernet notes. An immensely concentrated wine of richness and longevity, Bin 707 lead the way of the super premiums. The 1986 release sat sweet with luscious blackcurrant/ chocolate/ minty fruit and ripe tannins, a persistent dry finish from a classic vintage year.

A very mild growing season which suited the Coonawarra vineyards down to a tee, this was the year for exceptional Coonawarra Cabernet. The Barossa and McLaren Vale also yielded excellent batches of Cabernet for Penfolds, finer and more restrained, yet suitably impressive for inclusion into the super premium Bin 707. Brick red in colour, complex and controversial, the distinctive cherry/ tomato leaf, almost porty aromas and flavours of the 1982, were supported by a smooth palate, and the rich, fleshy characters of the vintage.

An unfavourable vintage across most of Australia's winegrowing regions, the best reds this year were made by Penfolds. Extremes of cold and wet, around the country reduced much of the Cabernet Sauvignon in terms of quality and yield. Penfolds managed to creep through the adversities of the vintage, by selectively collating reduced batches from individual vineyards which made the A-grade. A well developed Bin 707, with spicey/ olive/ berry aromas, earthiness, balanced palate, sweet fruit, fine savoury tannins and vanilla oak.

Medium to full red-purple; ripe blackberry/earthy varietal character on the bouquet, then a palate with great depth and power, supported by controlled, savoury tannins and lingering blackberry fruit. The oak handling throughout cannot be faulted.

The growing season started late in South Australia due to cool spring weather, although conditions were generally frost and diseasefree. Early, very warm summer weather led to an early vintage, especially in northern inland areas, with excellent fruit quality across all regions. An outstanding vintage Bin 707 to challenge the great 707s of 1996 and 1990.

When Max Schubert returned from Bordeaux , his mind was on Cabernet. After determining the unreliability of South Australian Cabernet, Schubert's decision was to release a super premium Cabernet wine only if the fruit were up to scratch. To this day, Bin 707 can only be made in good vintages. A multi-district blend sourced from Coonawarra, Bordertown, Padthaway and Barossa Valley, barrel fermented and wood matured for fifteen months, 1997 is rich with blackberry, currant and mint, presented in a smooth robe of deliciously handled oak.

The 1994 Bin 707 is a spectacular wine from an outstanding year. A crimson purple wine offering virulent aromas of saturated black fruits and mocha. Complex and firm with superb balance and character, this superb vintage continues to reinforce the Bin 707 reputation as an international benchmark for Australian Cabernet. Made from the finest fruit, it transcends the variances of the growing season, achieving a consistent style and outstanding quality. A very powerful palate with blackcurrant fruit, malt oak and masses of ripe tannins.

A classic release for the 1991 edition of Bin 707, the weather was relaxed and favourable, though yields were a little down. Coonawarra terra rosa Cabernet performed brilliantly. Fruit was sourced from superior South Australian vineyards, the focus as usual was the exceptional Cabernet Sauvignon grown around the Coonawarra. Arriving on the back of the outstanding 1990 vintage the previous year, Bin 707 1991 transcended the vagaries of vintage, maintaining the reliable and consistent styling, worthy of Australia's finest Cabernet wine.

A standout vintage, a very great year for the Bin 707, from one of the most exciting of all Australian red wine growing seasons. The Penfolds Cabernet vineyards on the Coonawarra's terra rossa strip, enjoyed an exceptional season, yielding a memorable Bin 707 of unusual concentration and extract. A densely concentrated palate with thick purpleness, cassis and chocolate, pefect mocha oak and satiny tannins, concentrated with flavour, powerfully structured, the trademark indications of a Cabernet which aspires to live forever.

If you can wait the distance, Bin 707 builds up into a wonderfully complex and engaging wine. The Penfolds philosophy of winemaking is unique, as the concepts of multi-district blending which are central to fortified wine production, have been applied to the project of crafting a pure and consistent, exceptional Australian Cabernet Sauvignon. When it comes to Bin 707, the Penfolds winemakers are looking for ripe Cabernet characters, concentration and chocolatey tannin structures. A wine, crafted to meet the exacting standards worthy of Australia's best Cabernet.

The Kalimna vineyard is one of the finest in Australia and today produces much of the base wine for Grange. Some of the vines here are as old as one hundred years and these low yielding plants produce intensely flavoured fruit that was the inspiration for Bin 28. Today the Kalimna vineyard continues to play an integral part in Bin 28, although, like most of the Penfolds red wines, this wine is today a multi regional blend. Maturation in good seasoned oak is an integral part of this wine's character. The result is a wine rich in varietal character and a robust structure.

Metala Original Plantings Shiraz is sourced from the original Metala Old Block and Cellar Block vines planted in 1891 and 1894 respectively. The superior vineyard sits right on the edge of the Bremer River, flooded during the winter, it's nourished by rich alluvial soils that provide natural irrigation to the vines. Planted on single wire trellises, which was at the time, cutting edge viticultural practice and nearly unheard of in the region, the ancient low-yielding vines enjoy a natural balance of fruit and leaves. Only ever released in exceptional vintages, the 1994 is an extremely rare flagship wine.