Penfolds
Koonunga Hill 76 Shiraz Cabernet
Syrah/Shiraz Blend from South Australia, Australia
Bottle size:
750 ml
Shipping: R100 nationwide
Penfolds
Penfolds has been producing remarkable wines since 1844 and indisputably led the development of Australian fine wine in the modern era. The introduction of Penfolds Grange in 1951 forever changed the landscape of Australian fine wine. Since then a series of stand-out wines both white and red have been released under the Penfolds masthead. Peter Gago Penfolds Chief Winemaker and only the 4th custodian of Grange relishes the opportunity to bring Penfolds to the world stage and is an enthusiastic ambassador and natural educator. Penfolds came to the attention of the US market when 1990 Grange was Wine Spectator’s ‘Wine of the Year’. Since then Penfolds Grange has become one of the most collectable wines of the world and was honored to grace the front cover once again of Wine Spectator with declarations of Grange as Australia’s Icon.
Description
Immediately invokes a Koonunga Hill expression of yore - coffee-grind meshed with hazelnutty oak and vanillin pod. Trés Penfolds! And yet there’s much more – an assortment of fruits, chaperoned by cola & smoked paprika, confidently wrestle to contemporize the aromatic offer. Not really a generational competition … contentedly a confident Koonunga Hill Seventy Six Shiraz Cabernet revealing its 2015 finery. A generous, substantial wine replete with a Coonawarra/Cabernet line structurally offering definition & length. Quince and fig fruits consort with a rhubarb acidity and tannins right across the palate - further energized by a V.A. lift. Oak contribution? Sort of…; Sorry, understated & supportive.
Food Pairing
Big beefy stews such as ox cheek especially ones cooked in wine.
