Descripción

Grange 2020 está elaborado principalmente con Shiraz y un pequeño aporte de Cabernet sauvignon, procedente de McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley y Clare Valley. Su crianza se llevó a cabo durante 20 meses en barricas de roble americano nuevas, lo que le aporta estructura y complejidad. De carácter intenso y profundo, cautiva con aromas de frutas negras, pimienta, regaliz y especias. En esta añada, ofrece un perfil más fácil de disfrutar, sin perder la complejidad y la personalidad distintiva de Grange.

Ficha técnica

La bodega
Penfolds
Tipo
Tinto
Añada
2020
Grado
14.5% vol.
Variedad
94% Syrah, 6% Cabernet sauvignon
Origen
South Australia

Cata

Temperatura de servicio
Se recomienda servir a 16 ºC.

Opinión de los críticos

James Suckling:

Blackberry, blueberry, graphite and terra cotta aromas. Medium-bodied with clarity, focus and very fine tannins that are polished and caressing. One of the most refined and textural Granges I have had in a long time. The tannins are very resolved. This is mostly Barossa and McLaren Vale with some Claire Valley. 3% cabernet sauvignon. Very drinkable now, but will age beautifully.

The Wine Advocate:

The 2020 Grange comprises 97% Shiraz and the balance Cabernet Sauvignon from McLaren Vale (48%), Barossa Valley (40%) and Clare Valley (12%), and it matured for 20 months in American oak hogsheads, 100% new. While the metric of regions changes each season and the proportion of Shiraz changes slightly, the élevage and style remain the same. Aromatically, the wine is black and savory, with crushed ant, black peppercorn, blueberry, blackberry and licorice/aniseed. In the mouth, the wine feels lighter than some other vintages on release. There is something like clarity and perhaps a little hole in the mid-palate—it sits like clarity or less density and also features as breathing space. A nice wine, it is lighter than the preceding 2019. Both vintages had their challenges, but this 2020 season has yielded an "easier" feeling wine.