1987 Grange

Sourced from the Barossa Valley (including Kalimna Vineyard) and McLaren Vale. Shiraz (90%), Cabernet Sauvignon (10%).

Growing season and vintage were both marked by cool weather. Crops in most South Australian regions were reduced by hailstorms in October 1986.

Aged in new American oak hogsheads for 18 months.

John Duval, Penfolds chief winemaker

92/100

A youthful opaque purple color and a tight but promising nose of jammy cassis with a touch of prunes and smoky oak, are followed by a backward, full-bodied, typical Grange that requires 5–6 more years of cellaring.

This huge, lavishly-oaked, unevolved wine is an outstanding effort with 20 years of aging potential.

Robert M. Parker Jr., Wine Advocate #100, August 1995

90/100

Harvey Steiman, Wine Spectator, 31 January 1997

91/100

Jeremy Oliver, www.jeremyoliver.com