1967 Grange

The 1967 Grange won the coveted Jimmy Watson Trophy, awarded to the best one year old red at the Melbourne Wine Show, in 1968.

It was the first Grange to use grapes from South Australia's Clare Valley. Regarded as a lighter style. Max Schubert considered it under-rated and excellent. Bottles labelled Bin numbers 74 and 95.

Sourced from the Barossa Valley (including Kalimna Vineyard), Clare Valley and Magill Estate (Adelaide). Shiraz (94%), Cabernet Sauvignon (6%). Fairly dry growing season followed by a warm vintage.

Eighteen months in used American oak hogsheads.

Max Schubert, Penfolds chief winemaker

90/100

Of the oldest vintages, the 1967 possessed the richest, sweetest, most seductive fruit. The nose offered up intensely fragrant, candied, sweet berry/cedar/spicy aromas.

Opulently-textured, with gobs of red and black fruits, low acidity, and no tannin, this fully mature, richly fruity, medium to full-bodied Grange Hermitage is a less muscular example of the early years.

Robert M. Parker Jr., www.erobertparker.com, August 1995

91/100

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

92/100

Jeremy Oliver, www.jeremyoliver.com