1963 Penfolds Bin 95 Grange Hermitage – South Australia ★★★★★
G 97
Medium-deep brick crimson. Intense dark cherry kirsch, praline, roasted walnut, smoky espresso mahogany liquorice aromas with apricot notes. Well concentrated beautifully balanced wine with redcurrant, liquorice leather, praline, chinotto, coffee, stone fruit flavours, fine persistent chalky almost lacy tannins, underlying warm bitumen, roasted chestnut sweet fruit notes. Finishes sweet, and long with lovely lacy plume and mineral acidity. In perfect condition. Wonderful mature wine with superb density, viscosity and length. 100% Shiraz. Classic Grange. Drink now–soon, 13.3% Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley)/Barossa Valley/Magill Estate (Adelaide)/ Morphett Vale (Adelaide)/Modbury Vineyard (Adelaide). Released as Bin 95 (also as Bin 65). A late developing Grange achieving its fame in the late 1980s. 1964 Penfolds Bin 95 Grange Hermitage – South Australia ★★ Overdeveloped and fading fruit with drying textures. Rare. 90% Shiraz, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon. Past, 12.8% alc Magill Estate (Adelaide)/Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley)/Barossa Valley. Released as Bin 95 (also as Bins 395, 66, 67 and 68).
1965 Penfolds Bin 95 Grange Hermitage – South Australia ★★★★
G 94
Medium-deep brick crimson. Intense roasted walnut panforte, hazelnut aromas with some apricot, stone fruit cedar floral notes. Generous and supple with roasted walnut, panforte, apricot flavours, fine sweet plentiful cedar tannins and underlying roasted walnut, grilled nut, vanilla oak complexity and integrated acidity. Finishes slightly leathery but chalky firm with attractive espresso, ground coffee notes and lovely mineral length. Just past its peak of development although the elements are aligned. Rare. Jimmy Watson Trophy Winner. 95% Shiraz, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Now–soon, 13.2% alc Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley)/Barossa Valley/Magill Estate (Adelaide)/ Morphett Vale (Adelaide)/McLaren Vale. Released as Bin 95 (also as Bins 69, 70 and 71).
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