Penfolds has launched the new 2017 Grange and The Penfolds Australia Collection 2021, a collection of 16 wines in total.

This year Penfolds flagship Grange celebrates its 70th anniversary (1951 experimental – 2021). After seventy years of unbroken vintage releases, the South Australian heritage icon continues as one of the world’s most collected wines.

In June this year, a 1951 Grange bottle signed by Penfolds first Chief Winemaker and creator of Grange, Max Schubert became the most expensive bottle of Australian wine ever sold when it was purchased by a Sydney wine collector for a world record price of AUD$142,000.

“The original aspiration for Grange was to create a red wine ‘capable of staying alive for a minimum of 20 years’. Tell that to sexagenarian vintages such as ’52, ’53, ’55 & ’62! Stunningly drinkable in 2021! In modern parlance, ‘Under-promise, over-deliver!’, Long may it continue … and modern Grange vintages such as ’08, ’10 and ’16 patiently await judgement in 2071!” said Penfolds Chief Winemaker, Peter Gago.

Alongside the Collection, two essential releases for serious wine collectors: Penfolds Superblend 802.A and 802.B Cabernet Shiraz have also been announced.

“These two new wines are immediately Penfolds, yet different … propelling varied attributes that will challenge and engage. Spoilt by choice – A-Grade cabernet sauvignon and A-Grade shiraz from a wonderful harvest; French and American oak barrels of the highest quality…and that much-coveted ingredient, time. And, winemaking blending freedom to re-configure the expected”, said Mr Gago.  

Selected from the prized 2018 South Australian vintage, both Superblend wines include significant parcels of fruit from the Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale and Coonawarra with smaller blending components also sourced from Wrattonbully, Robe and Clare Valley. This powerful pair will be released sequentially. Superblend 802.A will be available from September 2021, RRP AUD$900 each (750ml). Superblend 802.B will be launched a year later in August 2022. 

The Australia Collection 2021 wines within the Collection stand proudly in a release that offers multi-region and multivineyard blends, single-region wines and a single-vineyard wine. The Bins exhibit a savoury theme that runs through the 2019 reds, emphasised in the 2019 Bin 150 Marananga Shiraz which is reflective of the Barossa Valley in this year. 

Like most Penfolds wines, the new vintage red and white wines will continue to develop and improve for many years after release. In its entirety, this new Collection displays red wines of distinctive refinement and cellaring potential, and white wines which deliver on complexity and flavour. 

The wines are available from Thursday, 5 August at Penfolds Cellar Doors (Magill Estate Winery and Barossa Valley Cellar Door) and select fine wine stores globally. 

• 2017 Grange – First Vintage 1951 RRP: $950
• 2019 Yattarna – First Vintage 1995 RRP: $175
• 2019 Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon – First Vintage 1964 RRP: $650
• 2019 RWT Bin 798 Barossa Valley Shiraz – First Vintage 1997 RRP: $200
• 2019 Magill Estate Shiraz – First Vintage 1983 RRP: $150
• 2018 St Henri Shiraz – First Vintage 1953 RRP: $135 •     
• 2020 Reserve Bin A Adelaide Hills Chardonnay – First Vintage 1994 RRP: $125
• 2019 Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz – First Vintage 1960 RRP: $100
• 2019 Bin 407 Cabernet Sauvignon – First Vintage 1990 RRP: $110
• 2019 Bin 150 Marananga Shiraz – First Vintage 2008 RRP: $100
• 2019 Bin 28 Shiraz – First Vintage 1959 RRP: $50
• 2019 Bin 128 Coonawarra Shiraz – First Vintage 1962 RRP: $60
• 2019 Bin 138 Barossa Valley Shiraz Grenache Mataro – First Vintage 1992 RRP: $60
• 2020 Bin 23 Pinot Noir – First Vintage 2009 RRP: $50
• 2020 Bin 311 Chardonnay – First Vintage 2005 RRP: $50
• 2021 Bin 51 Eden Valley Riesling – First Vintage 1999 RRP: $40

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