Shiraz.
Alkoholgehalt: 14,5 Vol.%
Bewertungen
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99 Punkte Robert Parker
Wine Advocate Jul 2020: "The 2016 Grange includes 3% Cabernet Sauvignon and was sourced from Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale and Clare Valley, with a little bit from Magill Estate, in the suburbs of Adelaide. Aged in 100% new American oak (as always), it offers up trademark lifted aromas plus scents of vanilla, toasted coconut, cedar, raspberries and blackberries. Impressively concentrated and full-bodied, with an extraordinarily long, velvety finish, it's nevertheless reasonably fresh and tight, with decades of cellaring potential if properly stored. Certainly at least on a par with such vintages as 2010 and 2012, the big question is whether it will ultimately reach triple digits."
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99 Punkte Falstaff
"Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Beeindruckende Nase nach Kokos, Bourbonvanille, schwarze Beeren und Feigen, etwas Sojasauce, unterlegt mit Noten von Nougat und Eukalyptus, zündet in der Jugend in der Nase ein regelrechtes aromatisches Feuerwerk, volle Grange-DNA. Kraftvoll und engmaschig, dunkles Fruchtspektrum, schokoladige Textur, runde, seidige Tannine, schwungvolle Frischestruktur sorgt für ein dynamisches Finale, Mokkanoten im Rückgeschmack, Potenzial für Jahrzehnte, sollte nun aber noch Minimum fünf Jahre ruhen dürfen."
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98 Punkte James Suckling
"A blend of 97% shiraz and 3% cabernet sauvignon from Barossa, McLaren Vale, Clare Valley and Magill Estate. This is a very intense Grange with such rich black-fruit, tar and coal-smoke aromas together with iodine and black-olive notes and an array of wild dark herbs. Almost impenetrable dark plums and licorice, as well as bacon fat. The palate has such seamless delivery of intense blackberry and plum flavors with some redder tones emerging, too. The power here is countered by such freshness and an almost elegant feel. This has such impressive, vibrant, long and seamless fruit power. Really is exceptionally complete, but tight, needs time to open. Very enjoyable now, but better after 2023."
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98 Punkte Decanter
"So much going on in the glass; it’s a tempestuous opera with a big cast. On the nose, there’s high lift from a big, generous swirl of fruity aromas that carry a hint of fermented fig among the blackberry, dark plum and aniseed. Investigate further on the palate and there’s a lot going on within its dense hedge of dark berries and secondary flavours of mocha and liquorice. Ultimately, it’s the heavy black notes that win out and persist, but there is so much to ponder, even after the event has concluded. A Grange worth mulling over. "
