2019 Penfolds, Grange, Bin 95, Australia World Cup 2026 Caroline is much happier with

Caroline is much happier with the good – but in no sense excessive – crop of 2017

This has the depth and power to last for decades but the perfect balance gives it an almost balletic quality: pure sophistication

and it doesn’t start to gain its hallmark gaminess until after a few years in bottle

The nose is initially reticent but some time in the glass brings out subtle banana bread

his penultimate vintage

2019 Penfolds, Grange, Bin 95, Australia World Cup 2026 Caroline is much happier withDark, dank and immaculate. The oak handling and tannic precision boast ample class. Beneath lurks a latent, molten beauty that will unravel eventually. I like this Grange. I feel that the decadent style, molten and fleshy, is well suited to the drought vintage and its thick grape skin tannic scour. Mercifully, the tannins are pliant and despite it all, plenty juicy. Firework aromas of raspberry liqueur, camphor and gunpowder, with a smear of black