Winery Penfolds - Grange Hermitage

Winery PenfoldsGrange Hermitage

4.6
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the world.
The Grange Hermitage of Winery Penfolds is a red wine from the region of Adelaide Hills of Australie du Sud.
This wine generally goes well with
The Grange Hermitage of the Winery Penfolds is in the top 5 of wines of Australia and in the top 5 of wines of Adelaide Hills.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

oak, vanilla

Wine with earth taste

leather, game

Wine with spices taste

anise

On the nose the Grange Hermitage of Winery Penfolds in the region of Australie du Sud often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or vanilla and sometimes also flavors of plum, leather or mocha.

Details and technical informations about Winery Penfolds's Grange Hermitage.

Winemaker
Peter Gago
Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Valdiguié

Valdiguié noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Quercy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by large bunches and large grapes. The Valdiguié noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

Last vintages of this wine

Grange Hermitage - 1989
In the top 5 of of Adelaide Hills wines
Average rating: 4.911111
Grange Hermitage - 1988
In the top 5 of of Adelaide Hills wines
Average rating: 511111
Grange Hermitage - 1986
In the top 5 of of Adelaide Hills wines
Average rating: 4.811110.5
Grange Hermitage - 1985
In the top 5 of of Adelaide Hills wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
Grange Hermitage - 1984
In the top 5 of of Adelaide Hills wines
Average rating: 4.911111
Grange Hermitage - 1982
In the top 5 of of Adelaide Hills wines
Average rating: 4.811110.5
Grange Hermitage - 1981
In the top 5 of of Adelaide Hills wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5

The best vintages of Grange Hermitage from Winery Penfolds are 1988, 1989, 1984, 1986 and 1982.

Informations about the Winery Penfolds

The winery offers 157 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.
This winery is part of the Treasury Wine Estates.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Adelaide Hills in the region of Australie du Sud
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The Winery Penfolds is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 198 wines for sale in the of Adelaide Hills to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Australie du Sud
In the top 3 of of Australia wines
In the top 3 of of Adelaide Hills wines
In the top 150 of red wines
In the top 200 wines of the world

The wine region of Adelaide Hills

The wine region of Adelaide Hills is located in the region of Mount Lofty Ranges of Australie du Sud of Australia. We currently count 491 estates and châteaux in the of Adelaide Hills, producing 1814 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Adelaide Hills go well with generally quite well with dishes .


The wine region of Australie du Sud

SouthAustralia is one of Australia's six states, located (as the name suggests) in the south of the vast island continent. It's the engine room of the Australian wine industry, responsible for about half of the country's total production each year. But there's more to the region than quantity - countless high-quality wines are produced here, most from the region's signature Grape, Shiraz. These include such fine, collectible wines as Penfolds Grange, Henschke Hill of Grace, Torbreck The Laird and d'Arenberg The Dead Arm.

The word of the wine: Classified growth

Place name or castle subject to a classification (Médoc classification of 1855, classified growths of Alsace...)

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