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VINEYARD REGION Magill Estate (Adelaide), Morphett Vale
VINTAGE CONDITIONS Cool to mild growing season followed by a generally warm vintage.
GRAPE VARIETY Shiraz (90%), Cabernet Sauvignon (10%)
MATURATION Eighteen months in used American oak hogsheads.
WINE ANALYSIS Alc/Vol: 12.50%
Acidity: 5.20g/L
pH: 3.62
LAST TASTED 2008
PEAK DRINKING Now
FOOD MATCHES Mature cheddar cheese
Winemaker comments by,Penfolds Rewards...
Wine Description
The Story
Grange is arguably Australia’s most celebrated wine and is officially listed as a Heritage Icon of South Australia. Grange boasts an unbroken line of vintages from the experimental 1951 and clearly demonstrates the synergy between Shiraz and the soils and climates of South Australia. Grange utilises fully-ripe, intensely-flavoured and textured Shiraz grapes. The result is a unique Australian style that is now recognised as one of the most cons...
Wine Information
1959 Blend: Magill Estate (Adelaide) Morphett Vale (Adelaide) Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley) Blend.
Cool to mild growing season followed by a warm dry vintage. Released as Bin 95 (also Bins 46 and 49)
Penfolds was founded by a young English doctor who migrated to one of his country's most distant colonies over a century and a half ago. Dr Christopher Rawson Penfold was born in 1811, the youngest of 11 children. He studied medicine at St...
Vintage 1959
Australia / A cool dry growing season with average rainfall produced “strong” reds despite the challenge of a wet February and March.
In 1959 there were 7,171 hectares of vineyards in Barossa and 29,030 tonnes of wine grapes were crushed in that vintage.
Muscat Gordo was still South Australia’s “most used” wine grape. As well as being used for dried raisin and table grape consumption it was a mainstay of the fortified wine industry.
The fir...
