Winery Penfolds - Great Grandfather Rare Tawny

Winery PenfoldsGreat Grandfather Rare Tawny

4.4
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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 region.
The Great Grandfather Rare Tawny of Winery Penfolds is a natural sweet wine from the region of Barossa of Australie du Sud.
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Mataro.
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
The Great Grandfather Rare Tawny of the Winery Penfolds is in the top 50 of wines of Australia and in the top 40 of wines of Barossa.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

caramel, toffee

Wine with earth taste

honey, smoke

On the nose the Great Grandfather Rare Tawny of Winery Penfolds in the region of Australie du Sud often reveals types of flavors of caramel, raisin or prune and sometimes also flavors of toffee, nutty or honey.

Details and technical informations about Winery Penfolds's Great Grandfather Rare Tawny.

Winemaker
Peter Gago
Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
19.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Mourvèdre

Mourvèdre noir is a grape variety originating from Spain. 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 medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Mourvèdre noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Last vintages of this wine

Great Grandfather Rare Tawny - 2009
In the top 40 of of Barossa wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
Great Grandfather Rare Tawny - 2008
In the top 40 of of Barossa wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5

The best vintages of Great Grandfather Rare Tawny from Winery Penfolds are 2008, 2009

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 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Barossa 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 162 wines for sale in the of Barossa to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Australie du Sud
In the top 60 of of Australia wines
In the top 50 of of Barossa wines
In the top 70 of natural sweet wines
In the top 3000 wines of the world

The wine region of Barossa

Barossa is one of the six wine-producing zones of SouthAustralia, and arguably the most recognized name in the Australian wine industry. Barossa wines have attracted more international awards than any other region in the country. It is divided into two sections: the western Barossa Valley (effectively the Warmer valley floor) and on the eastern side the cooler, higher altitude Eden Valley, both of which have a distinct Geographical Indication (GI) formalized in 1997. Grapegrowing conditions vary immensely across the wider Barossa zone and this is reflected in the markedly different wine styles produced here.


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.

News related to this wine

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The word of the wine: Breeding

It can last for several years. The bottles are stacked in the cellars and waited for the light and heat. The yeasts gradually give the wine compounds that enrich it. A long maturation is a guarantee of quality.

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