Penfolds Grange Shiraz 2003 not on sale Fruits are red and black

Fruits are red and black

interwoven with subtle fragrances of white blossoms

Monica Larner

These give way to a full-bodied

coupled with violet

Penfolds Grange Shiraz 2003 not on sale Fruits are red and blackA very ripe, assertive, profoundly structured and traditional warm year Grange whose dark, brooding and brambly fruit and lavish oak are supported by drying, firm and chalky tannin. It's still a bruising young wine, with a surprisingly floral and heady, jasmine like bouquet and dense layers of blackberries, blueberries, cassis and dark plums backed by smoky, meaty, dark chocolate and cedary influences. As it opens further, nuances of treacle, aniseed