Penfolds Grange Bin 95 Gift Box Lunar New Year Horse Edition (750 ml)

When Max Schubert returned from Bordeaux in 1950, he borrowed the principle of barrel fermentation but replaced French oak with American hogsheads — a deliberate transgression that became the structural DNA of every Grange since. The 2021 is a multi-regional South Australian blend, anchored by Barossa Valley fruit (typically 77–82% of the final wine) drawn from ancient, phylloxera-free deep alluvial and sandy loam soils, with contributions from McLaren Vale, Coonawarra, and potentially Magill Estate — each district selected for fruit quality over geographic purity, the antithesis of single-terroir orthodoxy.

Vinification proceeds in small open-top stainless steel fermenters, with fermentation completed in 100% new American oak hogsheads — slightly larger than a Bordeaux barrique — using acclimatised pure yeast cultures. The wine then ages 18–20 months in those same new hogsheads before extended bottle maturation under natural cork. The blend is predominantly Shiraz (~93–98%) with a small Cabernet Sauvignon component (~2–7%), the Cabernet acting as a structural spine rather than a flavour statement.

What no peer does: Grange is the only wine heritage-listed by the South Australian National Trust, and the only New World wine to receive simultaneous 100-point scores from both Wine Spectator and Wine Advocate (2008 vintage). The 2021 vintage notes are not yet in the critical record within the brand library; given Penfolds' documented 40–50+ year cellaring ceiling, this Horse Edition is a long-horizon proposition.