2017 Grange
Vintage reviews
The numbers have it: in its 70th anniversary year, this is only the 7th Grange to proclaim 100% Shiraz – 1951, 1952, 1963, 1999, 2000, 2011 and now 2017. A 10% Shiraz hit-rate.
Peter Gago, Penfolds chief winemaker
96/100
Strongly marked – as always – by its 100% American oak elevage, the 2017 Grange backs up the cedar and vanilla notes with ample blackberry and cassis fruit. Full-bodied, ripe and almost decadently creamy in the mouth, it's loaded with substance, concentrated and rich, yet – in the context of Grange – relatively light and elegant-seeming on the finish.
Only the seventh-ever Grange to be exclusively Shiraz, it originates from Barossa Valley (86%) and McLaren Vale (14%); Shiraz from other growing regions in South Australia failed to make the grade this year.
Joe Czerwinski, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, www.robertparker.com, July 2021
17.5++/20
Jancis Robinson, www.jancisrobinson.com, July 2021
96/100
David Sly, Decanter, www.decanter.com, July 2021
96/100
Nick Stock, JamesSuckling.com, July 2021
94/100
Jeremy Oliver, www.jeremyoliver.com