Grange
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 15 to 50 years from the vintage release.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted rack of lamb, prime rib of beef, slow-braised venison
✨ Technical Specifications
Penfolds Grange is Australia's most celebrated and historic wine, born from the visionary ambition of winemaker Max Schubert in 1951. Inspired by his trip to Bordeaux, Schubert sought to create a red wine capable of aging for decades. When early vintages were poorly received by management, he was ordered to shut down the project, but Schubert famously hid the barrels in the depths of the Magill Estate cellars, continuing his work in secret. Re-evaluated years later, the wine was recognized as a masterpiece. Grange is characterized by its powerful multi-regional South Australian blending philosophy, drawing the finest Shiraz grapes from regions like the Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale, typically seasoned with a touch of Cabernet Sauvignon. It is matured for 18 to 20 months in 100% new American oak hogsheads, resulting in an incredibly concentrated, structured, and complex wine with notes of dark fruit, sweet spices, and savory leather.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1844 by Dr. Christopher Rawson Penfold and his wife Mary at the Magill Estate in South Australia, Penfolds is one of Australia's oldest and most iconic wine producers. The estate achieved legendary international acclaim during the 1950s under visionary chief winemaker Max Schubert, who created Penfolds Grange and revolutionized the country's winemaking techniques. Driven by a celebrated philosophy of multi-regional and multi-varietal blending, Penfolds sources exceptional fruit across historic Australian terroirs—such as the Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, and Coonawarra—as well as select premier global regions. The house is universally revered for powerful, impeccably structured, and long-lived wines, led by its flagship Grange, Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon, and celebrated Bin series.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Shiraz (typically 95-99%), Cabernet Sauvignon (typically 1-5%)
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
14.5%