2008 Grange got 100 pts from some influential wine judges. I am not a wine enthusiast who regularly drink expensive wine but bought 2 bottles of them because of the 💯. One of them give a friend as gift. I drink another one in 2015 after I won in a house auction. It's a great wine to drink. Powerful and complex, definitely better than others I drink everyday.
Minka: thank you for viewing my video and your comment. I agree but nice to be able to taste a Grange in its youth. Please like, subscribe and keep watching. Cheers!
Thanks for your continued support. I try to use untraditional ways to describe the wine. If my notes are the same as most wine experts, what is the use? Cheers!
@@TrophyWineHunter when it comes to wine 🍷 is the experience better with higher priced wines versus a 15 dollar bottle from your local grocery store? I want to try the chateau palmer but a bottle goes for $300.
@@herbescobar2974 thank you for viewing my channel and your great question. In my opinion, the experience is not "better" unless you value the experience. For me, it is "better" because through the years, I have drank a lot of bottles and I find in general, more expensive bottles can last longer and have more complexity. But there are also, in my opinion, some very overpriced expensive bottles and some very expensive wines that are not suited to my palate. My preferred area is Bordeaux and Burgundy and when you are talking about those regions, I generally enjoy higher priced bottles. But that is after 30 years of drinking, starting with under $10 bottles. So for you, if you are not normally a drinker, I would not suggest spending $300 for a Chateau Palmer. That is why you see many people trying expensive bottles as a one off and saying they can't understand it or it is not worth it. It is like giving me a $10,000 scotch to try....other than it is expensive and it might be quite smooth, I couldn't tell the difference between this and a $100 scotch and I wouldn't think it is worth it. I get thrilled drinking Trophy Wines as I have spent years dreaming about drinking these wines, studying them, watching movies about them and drinking almost all the less expensive wines in that region. If you are not fanatical about wines yet, I would suggest that you take the $300 and spend it on a $30 wine. Does that wine make you happy? If so, you just saved $270. If not, or you are more curious, go up to a $50 wine, then $100 or $150 wine. You would have then had the experience of having wines in 4 different price ranges for the same price as the Palmer. If you enjoyed the first wine, I would stick with the same region and see if price makes a difference (for your palate). If you didn't enjoy the first wine, then pick a different country or grape varietal. For me, wine appreciation is not about drinking all 100 points wines. It is about the exploration. I hope to guide people along the way but I don't want people to follow everything I do as my palate is different than someone else. It is the journey that is exciting to me. Finding what I like, I don't prefer, things that pair well with food, etc. All this is discovery and although wine people can help you, you don't want them (or me) to deprive you of your opportunity to create your own wine journey. Hope this makes sense. Please like, subscribe and keep watching. Cheers!
Jack: thank you for watching my video and your comment. I looked back at the video...I don't think it is a fly but sediment. This is the bottom of the bottle. Please like, subscribe and keep watching, Cheers!
thanks for the review, fascinating stuff. as a side note, I cant believe people are still interested in opinions of Parker and Suckling, which have become a huge corporations at this point. there are so many more democratic and modern ways of checking and searching for wines these days…
llurispuir: Parker, Suckling, Wine Spectator, Jancis Robinson, even local wine experts still pull a lot of weight. I wish the wineries would go out and do more consumer events instead of just tastings with "experts", most of whom actually don't buy wine anymore so have no sense of context or affordability. Cheers!
@@TrophyWineHunter could not agree more… imagine getting an amazing free tour to Tuscany to try the rarest and most expensive wines from Antinori… obviously you have lost a touch with reality and will overrate the wines…
@@Ruirspirul having said that, if someone offered me a free tour to Tuscany to try to most expensive and rarest Antinori wines, I would go too! Cheers!
i got gifted a bottle of penfold grange from 1986 from my grandparents and i've been holding onto it for many years now
auqxx: depending on how you stored it, it may be time to drink it. Wines don't last forever and especially if storage is not perfect. Cheers!
2008 Grange got 100 pts from some influential wine judges. I am not a wine enthusiast who regularly drink expensive wine but bought 2 bottles of them because of the 💯. One of them give a friend as gift. I drink another one in 2015 after I won in a house auction. It's a great wine to drink. Powerful and complex, definitely better than others I drink everyday.
Yong: thank you for viewing my video and your comment. Yes, I agree that Penfolds Grange is a pretty special wine. Cheers!
Great review! This is the first video of yours I watched. Subscribed!
Thx. Cheers!
Very good review! Thanks for sharing your idea a lot.👍
K H: thank you for viewing my video and your kind comment. Please like, subscribe and keep watching. Cheers!
I had a Bin 704 the other night that was fabulous. Of course it seems to be all sold out in my area
Donald: I really like the Penfold story and product. They are always expanding and trying new things. Cheers!
This is a 20/30 year cellaring wine; penfolds wine is built for the long haul. Stuff from the 90s now tastes amazing
Minka: thank you for viewing my video and your comment. I agree but nice to be able to taste a Grange in its youth. Please like, subscribe and keep watching. Cheers!
Great wine. 97 points TWH. I liked your tasting notes at various points of time.
Thanks for your continued support. I try to use untraditional ways to describe the wine. If my notes are the same as most wine experts, what is the use? Cheers!
@@TrophyWineHunter when it comes to wine 🍷 is the experience better with higher priced wines versus a 15 dollar bottle from your local grocery store? I want to try the chateau palmer but a bottle goes for $300.
@@herbescobar2974 thank you for viewing my channel and your great question. In my opinion, the experience is not "better" unless you value the experience. For me, it is "better" because through the years, I have drank a lot of bottles and I find in general, more expensive bottles can last longer and have more complexity. But there are also, in my opinion, some very overpriced expensive bottles and some very expensive wines that are not suited to my palate. My preferred area is Bordeaux and Burgundy and when you are talking about those regions, I generally enjoy higher priced bottles. But that is after 30 years of drinking, starting with under $10 bottles.
So for you, if you are not normally a drinker, I would not suggest spending $300 for a Chateau Palmer. That is why you see many people trying expensive bottles as a one off and saying they can't understand it or it is not worth it. It is like giving me a $10,000 scotch to try....other than it is expensive and it might be quite smooth, I couldn't tell the difference between this and a $100 scotch and I wouldn't think it is worth it.
I get thrilled drinking Trophy Wines as I have spent years dreaming about drinking these wines, studying them, watching movies about them and drinking almost all the less expensive wines in that region. If you are not fanatical about wines yet, I would suggest that you take the $300 and spend it on a $30 wine. Does that wine make you happy? If so, you just saved $270. If not, or you are more curious, go up to a $50 wine, then $100 or $150 wine. You would have then had the experience of having wines in 4 different price ranges for the same price as the Palmer. If you enjoyed the first wine, I would stick with the same region and see if price makes a difference (for your palate). If you didn't enjoy the first wine, then pick a different country or grape varietal.
For me, wine appreciation is not about drinking all 100 points wines. It is about the exploration. I hope to guide people along the way but I don't want people to follow everything I do as my palate is different than someone else. It is the journey that is exciting to me. Finding what I like, I don't prefer, things that pair well with food, etc. All this is discovery and although wine people can help you, you don't want them (or me) to deprive you of your opportunity to create your own wine journey.
Hope this makes sense. Please like, subscribe and keep watching. Cheers!
@@TrophyWineHunter that makes sense. Thank you for responding.
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@@herbescobar2974 if you are a beginner to wine, please see my wine basics playlist. Cheers!
7:56, the fly in the glass, lol
Jack: thank you for watching my video and your comment. I looked back at the video...I don't think it is a fly but sediment. This is the bottom of the bottle. Please like, subscribe and keep watching, Cheers!
thanks for the review, fascinating stuff. as a side note, I cant believe people are still interested in opinions of Parker and Suckling, which have become a huge corporations at this point. there are so many more democratic and modern ways of checking and searching for wines these days…
llurispuir: Parker, Suckling, Wine Spectator, Jancis Robinson, even local wine experts still pull a lot of weight. I wish the wineries would go out and do more consumer events instead of just tastings with "experts", most of whom actually don't buy wine anymore so have no sense of context or affordability. Cheers!
@@TrophyWineHunter could not agree more… imagine getting an amazing free tour to Tuscany to try the rarest and most expensive wines from Antinori… obviously you have lost a touch with reality and will overrate the wines…
@@Ruirspirul having said that, if someone offered me a free tour to Tuscany to try to most expensive and rarest Antinori wines, I would go too! Cheers!
What I afraid is my medium rare steak is not good enough for the Grande.
John: it should be OK... Grande will forgive you and will take the spotlight if your steak is not lit. Cheers!