1960 Penfolds Bin 95 Grange Hermitage – South Australia ★★★★
Fragile old wine showing developed fruit and lacy fine textures. Some good bottles lying around. Very Rare. 92% Shiraz, 8% Cabernet Sauvignon. Past, 12.8% alc Magill Estate (Adelaide)/Morphett Vale (Adelaide)/Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley). Released as Bin 95 (also as Bin 45 & 49).
1961 Penfolds Bin 95 Grange Hermitage – South Australia ★★★
Beautiful old Grange showing fresh developed dark chocolate panforte tobacco leaf characters and fine persistent graphite tannins. Still has mid- palate richness and amplitude. Very Rare. 88% Shiraz, 12% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink now–past, 12.7% alc Magill Estate (Adelaide)/Morphett Vale (Adelaide)/Modbury Vineyard (Adelaide)/Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley)/Coonawarra. Released as Bin 95 and Bin 395.
1962 Penfolds Bin 95 Grange Hermitage – South Australia ★★★★★
G 94
Medium-deep brick crimson. Intense complex roasted walnut, mahogany, praline earthy amontillado demi-glace aromas with a VA lift. Rich and voluminous with deep-set dark chocolate, blackberry, mocha. Hint leather, demi-glace ground coffee sweet fruity flavours, fine loose-knit slinky dry tannins, lovely mid-palate density and long fresh integrated mineral acidity. Finishes chocolaty al dente firm long and minerally. Lovely old wine with a hint of tawny port-like notes. Animal mineral and vegetable. Rare. 87% Shiraz, 13% Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink now– soon, 12.2% alc Magill Estate (Adelaide)/Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley)/Adelaide Hills. Barossa Valley fruit becomes leading component. Released as Bin 95 (also as Bins 59, 59A and 456). The Kalimna Vineyard, purchased by Penfolds in 1945, is now the mother vineyard of Grange. Regarded as one of the great Grange vintages of the era.
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