Fine Wine Auction
Thursday, 5 - Thursday, 12 December 2024
Penfolds Australia Grange Bin 95 2002
Current Bid $500 (1 bid, reserve met)
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Lot Details
Provenance: As close to perfect as possible. Purchased by our vendor en Primeur and stored in a purpose build temperature and humidity controlled cellar ever since. As hoped and expected; beautiful colour; a wonderful bouquet, with black fruits or various kinds the engine, oak in tow. Impeccable texture and balance in the mouth; again, a wonderful array of seamless blackberry, licorice and high-quality oak; destined to become recognised as one of the great Granges. Rating 97; James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2008 Deep, closed and brooding, with perfectly ripened aromas of dark berries, plums and typical smoky cedar/vanilla/dark chocolate Penfolds oak that become more fragrant with aeration, revealing scents of violets, cloves and cinnamon. Smooth, unctuous and exceptionally elegant for Grange, its voluptuous palate of black cherries, plums, black olives and smoky dark oak finishes with exceptional length of vibrant fruit over suggestions of minerals and vanilla. The longer it’s opened, the silkier and more ethereal it becomes, as the quality of its fine-grained tannin becomes apparent. A classic reflection of a great cool vintage. Drink 2022-2032+; Jeremy Oliver Penfolds Bin 95 Grange 2002 ($500): A precise, definitive, lattice-structured wine of great power and poise. This vintage is a great example of what Grange is, and of how new American oak and rich South Australian shiraz can seamlessly combine to form a sophisticated whole. This is not an over-powered wine, but it is beautifully powered, with a great push of meat, plums, smoke, vanillin, cassis and bright, rich blackberries pouring through your mouth. Its wealth of fine-boned tannins is, though, what sets this wine apart, and gives it the best long-term cellaring potential since the 1996 vintage Grange release. This should be a 25+ year wine. It's a classic example of precision wine engineering. (And indeed, for my personal taste, it is the best Grange since the 1996). Drink: 2015-2035+ 96 points. Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front https://www.winestar.com.au/penfolds-grange-shiraz-2002?srsltid=AfmBOoryW0r4Mwl3LaEdnGdWrGA9PFuAX9l7uO_-GkZjd7pkUP63Odpg
