Flight 1: Penfolds Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet Vertical

1. 1986, 95% Shiraz, 5% Cabernet
matured nutty chocolatey nose with complex leather, earth, port-like notes and a touch of mint. still lively and juicy, soft palate and tannin, refreshing mouth watering finish, relatively long but the structure is fading out.

2. 1991, 53% Shiraz, 47% Cabernet
earthy spicy and tobacco, Cabernet predominant. elegant and fully matured nose. earthy palate, firmed structure, fine and chocolatey finish. 

3. 1998, 51% Shiraz. 48% Cabernet
ripe, extrotic, port-like black fruit and dry fruit. full inttese chocolatey flavor, long finish, balanced acidity and concentration

4. 2004, 62% Shiraz, 38% Cabernet
rich, red fruit and milk chocolate, more vegetal refreshing, mild long finish, concentrated structure.

5. 2006, 80% Shiraz, 20% Cabernet
deep nose, vegetal, cherry fresh black fruit, slightly harsh and vegetal, mouthfilling, youthful.

6. Seventy Six, 2006, 70% Shiraz, 30% Cabernet
30 anniversary edition, an upgrade version of standard Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet. heavier and bigger wine.  indense herb, plum cherry and cassis, spicy nose, slightly touch of  American Oak, pure fruit with a hint of earthy spicy notes at the edge

Flight 2: Penfolds Grange
Grange is always consistant on its concentrated style with huge structure, it's always ageworthy, not recommended to open within 20 years

1.1983, 94% Shiraz 6% Cabernet
This full, hearty wine can offer great complexity and maturity, concentrated flack berry, plum, black olive, black tea, spicy oaky vanilla. earthy, firmed and powerful palate, full bodied, long finish with slightly hot alcohol, tannin is very tight seems non-softened but fine and ripe.  83 is listed in top 10 tannic vintage of Grange.

2. 1991,
deep closd, oaky chocolate. deep palate, big tannin and acidity, closed and long ripe finish, need decades to develop and open up

3. 1998
ripe, full and concentrated. complex heady nose, full of jammy fruit, plum olive and some leathery notes.  super rich super concentration, long lingering jammy finish, velvety texture

4. 1999, 100% Shiraz
this vintage is more smoky, many red fruit nose, raspberry cherry and also red flavor uptone, long balanced, less concentration than 98, long finish. 

5. 2003
fruity and violety, rich ripe fruit with frefreshing acidity. tight and firmed structure, long classic grange.

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