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Penfolds, Grange Hermitage--Vintage 1980
South Australia
Level: bottom neck, bin-soiled label
Signed by Max Schubert
"A fabulous Grange, this was a light harvest, and the blend ended up being 96 Shiraz and 4 Cabernet Sauvignon. The wine still seems very youthful, made in a very voluptuous, blockbuster Grange style. The wine has a dense ruby/purple color with no amber. A nose of melted asphalt, pepper, creme de cassis, and blackberries changes little in the glass, but with airing, some sweeter plum, prune, and chocolate emerge in a very full-bodied, powerful, seamlessly constructed wine with perfect levels of glycerin and extract. It is just now reaching its plateau of drinkability. Anticipated maturity: now-2016." Robert Parker, eRobert Parker Feb 2002
1 magnum per lot

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