1964 Grange

Sourced from the Magill Estate (Adelaide) and Barossa Valley (including Kalimna Vineyard). Shiraz (90%), Cabernet Sauvignon (10%).

Wet growing season followed by a fine but cool vintage.

Eighteen months in used American oak hogsheads.

Max Schubert, Penfolds chief winemaker

90/100

A blend of 90% Shiraz and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, this is a light, elegant style. It almost comes across as a medium-bodied claret style of Grange, with notes of cedar, cassis, licorice, and plum.

The wine is medium-bodied with modest alcohol (about 12.8%) and a dark garnet color with plenty of amber at the edge. The wine is balanced, restrained, and believe it or not, quite elegant.

Drink it over the next 6-7 years.

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

86/100

Harvey Steiman, www.winespectator.com, 31 January 1997

96/100

Jeremy Oliver, www.jeremyoliver.com