PENFOLDS GRANGE HERMITAGE 1999

COLOUR
Impenetrable deep red/purple.
NOSE
Blackberry and blueberry fruit interwoven with perfectly tuned, malty, savoury oak, with liquorice and anise notes hovering above. Upon sitting there is a whirling aromatic shift, the wine becoming more complex, deeper, richer and darker.
PALATE
Layers of fruit, with blackberry and blueberry to the fore, as suggested by the nose. An underlying tarriness and new oak are seamlessly absorbed. A mass of fine grained tannins court a firm tight finish of great length. The wine possesses the essential
PEAK DRINKING 2010 - 2040
LAST TASTED 2008