Penfolds Grandfather Rare Tawny
TROPHY WINNER 97 POINT RATED JAMES HALLIDAY & 96 POINT RATED HUON HOOKE
- 97 Point Rated By James
Halliday
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96 Point Rated By Huon Hooke
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Trophy Winner Rutherglen Wine Show
- Gold Medal Winner Perth, Adelaide, Rutherglen & Sydney
Vintage: | Nv |
Source/Region: | South Australia |
Grape Variety: | Port |
Cellaring: | Drink now |
Bottle Top: | Foil over Cork |
Alcohol Content: | 19.00 |
Standard Drinks: | 11.00 |
Rating: | 97 |
Deep tawny with a distinctive yellow-green edge characteristic of extended wood maturation. Classical Penfolds fruitcake, liquorice and vanillin oak flavours with a sweet full and round mid-palate, and a finish that persists on and on.
With each vintage, varietal batches are selected for Grandfather. These batches are individually aged in seasoned old oak casks before being blended together at 14 years of age. This blend is then introduced into the ‘Grandfather Solera’. This Solera consists of six stages that are designed to fully integrate all components offering consistency and freshness with a final minimum average blended age of 20 years.
Beautifully presented in an exquisite gift box featuring a Penfolds stopper and certificate of authenticity, Grandfather Rare Tawny is a highly coveted gift for life’s special milestones.
As Grandfather is matured utilising a Solera system all vintages introduced into the system are retained forever. This system of maturation ensures freshness, consistency of quality and style is sustained over the decades. The Solera currently contains vintages from 1960 to 2004. Including some 44 individual vintages in the Solera is testament to the complexity and age yet also highlights the importance of freshness and fruit.
"Seriously powerful; the very complex bouquet has gingerbread, spice and singed toffee aromas cut by the rancio that comes through on the long, intense, yet elegantly structured and balanced palate. A skilled blending of some younger wine has had the desired effect. Incredibly long, intense and complex."
"Medium to pale tawny brown colour with a yellow rim. Fantastic complexity. Smoky leather, old chesterfield couch, with softness and smooth texture, savoury and multi-faceted, tremendous intensity and persistence, a great wine. The finish is clean and dry despite the sweetness of the wine."
"The Penfolds Grandfather 20 Years Rare Tawny has always been a star amongst dessert wines. TASTING NOTES: This wine brings aromas and flavors of caramel, oxidative notes, cream, and black fruit. Just savory it by itself and conversations with a friend or two."
92 Point Rated- The Wine Advocate
"The 20 year old Penfolds Grandfather Rare Tawny is a pale tawny color with a touch of brick. On the nose it is a bit spirituous and shows notes of raisins and fruit cake, some hazelnut and crème brulée. The palate shows even more nuttiness and depth along with greater freshness and acidity, though it seems drier than the Father. It finishes very long almost like a sweet oloroso or amontillado."
Gold Medal
Perth Royal Wine Awards 2021
Sydney Royal Wine Show 2018
Rutherglen Wine Show 2018
International Wine Challenge
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