98 points - Wine Spectator
97 points - James Halliday
97 points - Ken Gargett
96 points - James Suckling
96 points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
20/20 points - Richard Hemming MW
97 points - James Halliday
97 points - Ken Gargett
96 points - James Suckling
96 points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
20/20 points - Richard Hemming MW
"Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale. Only the 7th Grange to be made from 100% shiraz (on its 70th anniversary). (other 100% vintages were 1951, 1952, 1963, 1999, 2000 and 2011). Intense, youthful shiraz with layers of dark berry, smoky oak, savoury, baked earth, exotic spices, cedar, tobacco and cacao powder plus much more. It has an impeccable balance of alcohol sweetness, with assertive tannins and fruit versus savoury characters. This wine has the X-factor. It promises to age magnificently."
99 points - Bob Campbell
"Very deep, dark, dense colour with plenty of purple in the rim. The bouquet is classic Grange, loaded with toasty-smoky-oaky scents of smoked-meats and toasted barrels, dried herbs adding an extra fragrance, and hints of five-spice, especially star anise. It's very full-bodied and concentrated, powerful and long-lasting, but the tannins are beautifully crafted and supple, harmonious, and avoid any suggestion of astringency. The core of the wine is lusciously fruit-sweet and delicious, the robe of tannin complementary rather than domineering. The finish is tremendously long and satisfying. I can enjoy drinking this now: not usual with a new Grange release. A quite magnificent wine and a great Grange. (Barossa Valley & McLaren Vale. Only the 7th Grange to be 100% shiraz. 18 months in new American oak hogsheads)"
98 points - Huon Hooke