Shiraz, with--depending on the vintage--a tiny bit of Cabernet Sauvignon. Ladies and Gentlemen the deservedly legendary Grange:
1994---Intense but somehow still soft with gentle tannins. Aged and elegant ****
1998---Intenser, rich cherry flavor rolls over the palate in suprising ways a very heavy mouth feel and a long unbelievably complex finish****+
2004---Intenserest, astoundingly rich thick and complex. Lots of everything, deep. This is the Platonic ideal of Australian Shiraz. It's almost impossible to tease out the various flavors because there are so many of them and it so balanced. The Wine Advocate gave it 99 out of 100 points. I gave it ***** plus several OMGs and twenty or thirty exclamation points. It is the single best wine I have tasted in my life (and at $500 a bottle it had better be).
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