2014 Penfolds Wines Penfolds Grange Bin 95 750 ml

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A Dual 98-point Icon

Our first-ever offer of Penfolds Grange, a mere 95 bottles of this 98-point “Icon,” as Wine Spectator called it on one 2014 cover, sold out instantly. Because of our unique relationship with Penfolds we secured a second allocation at a knockout price.

Grange is one of the most revered and inimitable wines on the planet, as foundational as First Growth Bordeaux or Grand Cru Burgundy, and is a must-have whether cellared for pleasure or as a rock-solid investment. Grange is also the only Australian wine listed in Liv-Ex’s Fine Wine 100 index, and according to the company, which tracks worldwide wine prices, Grange presents “very good value” compared to the First Growths of Bordeaux. Their data also shows that “Grange has been a great performer, indifferent to general fine wine market conditions.” In other words, Grange goes up in value, no matter how the rest of the fine wine market is performing. Take a look at the Grange website and see why—in just 7 years, the 2012 Grange has gone up in value to $1150.

The Robert Parker 98-point 2014 Grange is for serious collectors who have the future in mind, as well as for anyone eager to experience one of the finest wines this earth has to offer. Wine Spectator backed Parker up with a second 98-point score, and Halliday’s similarly effusive 97 point review proclaimed the 2014 a “Grange with all the components in utter harmony,” and Parker’s Wine Advocate promises that the 98-point wine “delivers exactly what we've come to expect from this Penfold’s icon wine.” For good measure, Decanter chimed in with 97 points, adding “the perfumes are quite lovely, already pronounced and distinctly Grange.” Opaque ruby-black, dense, and showing gorgeous black fruit, cedar, tobacco, and chocolate, this is an Aussie masterpiece that will reward your patience.

Grange is the brainchild of Max Schubert, an ambitious vintner who practiced the patience his legendary wine now demands. The young Schubert wanted so badly to be a part of Australia’s legendary Penfolds winery that he started his career there as teenage messenger...17 years later Schubert had risen to head winemaker.

In 1950, on a trip to Bordeaux Schubert got the idea to make “something different and lasting,” and became dedicated to making a wine of long cellaring potential. In 1951, after settling on Shiraz as the primary grape, he made his first vintage of Grange Hermitage. But the wine was not well-received upon release, and Schubert hit a bit of a wall in 1957 when he received instructions from the Penfold’s head office to halt production of Grange. The company brass was concerned that they were accumulating too much “unsaleable” wine, and they believed that “the adverse criticism directed at the wine was harmful to the company image.”

Fortunately for the wine world, Max’s resolve was as stout as ever. He responded to the board’s demand by moving the Grange project to a deep part of the cellar, where he made the 1957, ‘58, and ‘59 vintages in secret. Only after the board came around in 1960 and ordered Max to restart the project did they learn that he had never heeded their order to stop.

Almost seven decades after the first vintage of Grange, the board’s original fears about Grange read like absurdist comedy: Grange has become one of the most iconic, revered, and collectible bottlings on earth, and has earned Penfold’s worldwide recognition. The wine has graced the cover of Wine Spectator, and been named a South Australian heritage icon.

I hope you’ll join us in enjoying this wine, whether you open it tomorrow or in the 2040s.

Sincerely,

Sur Lucero

Master Sommelier & Wine Access VP of Wine

2014 Penfolds Wines Penfolds Grange Bin 95 is sold out.

2014 Penfolds Wines Penfolds Grange Bin 95 750 ml

A Dual 98-point Icon

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