Penfolds Grange (single-batch red wine)
Penfolds Grange (vino tinto de lote único)
- Date
- 1951 · confidence high
- Place
- Magill, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Credited to
- Max Schubert, Penfolds
- Field
- Life & health
What it is
After a trip to Bordeaux, Max Schubert made in 1951 a shiraz red aged in new American oak, designed to keep for decades. Although management rejected it and in 1957 ordered it stopped, he continued in secret and it became Australia's most sought-after wine.
The original name was 'Grange Hermitage'; the first vintage (1951) was experimental and largely given away. In 1957 management forbade further production and Schubert carried on in secret until 1959.
What it led to
- Australia's premium wines and their international reputation
- a style of long-aged shiraz and multi-region blends
- recognition as a New World wine 'icon'