1972 Grange

Sourced from the Barossa Valley (including Kalimna Vineyard), Magill Estate (Adelaide) and Modbury Vineyard (Adelaide), Coonawarra. A generally dry growing season followed by mild weather at vintage.

Shiraz (90%), Cabernet Sauvignon (10%). Eighteen months in new American oak hogsheads.

Max Schubert, Penfolds chief winemaker

84/100

A blend of 90% Shiraz and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, this wine was attenuated and compressed, with excessive tannin. The wine has medium body and a very hard, angular, austere style. It is fully mature, so cellaring is not going to improve it.

Robert M. Parker Jr., www.erobertparker.com, February 2002

88/100

Harvey Steiman, Wine Spectator, 31 January 1997

90/100

Jeremy Oliver, www.jeremyoliver.com