1998 Penfolds Grange

A deep purple wine with paler rim and heavy legs. It has pronounced aromas of blackberries, black plum, blueberries, sweet spice, black pepper with touch of leather, chocolate and vanilla. On palate, it gives medium zesty acidity and has full body and more than medium alcohol. Ripe and sweet high tannin with intense flavours of fruity attack by tons of black fruit backing up with vanilla type sweet spice. It then evolves to licorice, meaty, savoury, leather flavours, together with a long length and pleasant plumy finish (94)

Tasted on 17 Nov 2010