Great Grandfather Rare Tawny 30YO
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2055
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Stilton blue cheese, dark chocolate truffles, pecan pie
✨ Technical Specifications
Penfolds' legacy is deeply rooted in the production of fortified wines, which dominated Australian winemaking for over a century. The Great Grandfather Rare Tawny represents the pinnacle of this tradition. Originally created in 1994 to celebrate Penfolds' 150th anniversary, this luxury tawny is a blend of the finest batches of Grandfather Tawny that have been set aside for additional aging in oak casks. Utilizing a solera-like system of fractional blending, the components of this wine achieve an average age of over 30 years. The result is an extraordinarily complex, viscous, and concentrated fortified wine, showing the profound influence of extended wood aging in the warm cellars of South Australia.
🍾 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, Grenache, Mataro, Cabernet Sauvignon
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
19.5%