1996 is one of the all time great vintages of Grange.
Provenance is crucial when buying wines of this price and age. I purchased this wine at release and have had it stored in my own temperature controlled cellar since that time. The bottle is in immaculate condition. I have only recently decided to offer it for sale.
“Deep crimson. Highly defined meaty/gamey/plum/prune/licorice aromas and coffee/chocolate nuances. The palate is decadently rich with lashings of sweet fruit, deep set choco-plum/prune/mocha/licorice flavours, supple, ripe but pronounced tannins, plenty of underlying oak, building up to a firm finish. Certainly it is in the same class as the 1990 and 1991 with a cellar life of decades.”
99 points, Andrew Caillard MW (2002).
“An outstanding bottle of an outstanding vintage. The colour is still youthful, deep and bright; the bouquet explodes from the glass with toasty, nutty, smoky oak and blackberry aromas, and coffee/mocha nuances, laced with traces of tar, licorice and even crushed-ants. The palate is mesmerising: amazingly powerful, concentrated and intense, yet never heavy nor clumsy. It has amazing presence, and is incredibly long, resonating for minutes after the wine has left the mouth. Undoubtedly a great Grange, still quite youthful at 21 years and will still be drinking superbly at 50, such is its vitality.”
98 points, Huon Hooke, The Real Review (July 2017).
“Deep crimson. Highly defined meaty/gamey/plum/prune/licorice aromas and coffee/chocolate nuances. The palate is decadently rich with lashings of sweet fruit, deep set choco-plum/prune/mocha/licorice flavours, supple, ripe but pronounced tannins, plenty of underlying oak, building up to a firm finish. Certainly it is in the same class as the 1990 and 1991 with a cellar life of decades.”
99 points, Andrew Caillard MW (2002).
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