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  • Country ranking ?

    5
  • Producer ranking ?

    3
  • Decanting time

    4h
  • When to drink

    now to 2060

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The Story

The 50 Year Old Rare Tawny is a symbol of Penfolds heritage. The wine captures the legacy of past and the aspirations of present winemakers, spanning almost a century of fortified history in one blend. The 50 Year Old Rare Tawny is a symbol of Penfolds heritage, typifying collaboration and shared creative expression. 

Amongst the many individual components captured in this wine is the 1915 vintage, reported to be the foundation of the first...

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Wine Information

Origin: Multi-regional blend, South Australia. Sourced from specifically selected vineyards identified for producing fruit with the characteristics required to produce wines that can successfully undergo the fifty-plus years maturation in old seasoned oak.

Maturation: Maturation in seasoned oak hogsheads. Some components were aged further in the original Grandfather Solera. The 1915 component, after barrel maturation was glass-aged in half-...

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Only 330 bottles released from this series, so your chances of locating it are small, though at a mere $3500 each, not sure many will be rushing. But it is a stunning wine. A fabulous old tawny. Wonderful old tea notes, orange blossoms, raisins. This is wonderfully, almost unimaginably complex. And with extraordinary length. Glorious. If you have a lazy three and a half K, you could do worse.

Score: 100/100

Best drinking: will excite and impress for as long as politicians tell lies.

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Magill, South Australia

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For the Series one release in 2013, Penfolds collaborated with glass artist Nick Mount to create 330 units, individually blown and hand crafted to suit the rarity of the wine. The wine encased captures the legacy of past and the aspirations of present winemakers, spanning almost a century of fortified history in one blend. 

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