It was worth the wait. ....and it was good.
So good in fact we sat for 15 minutes with our nose in our glass enjoying the aroma. There was coffee, liquorice, plum,cassis, flint and even a faint hint of eucalyptus. The colour was intense - a ruby red still showing plenty of blue tinge. On the palate it was well balanced, soft tannins, complex and a looooong finish. Two days later and I can still taste it.
While Peter put the finishing touches to the Osso Buco, we chatted over a glass of Riesling. I was relieved I wasn't the one required to come up with the menu. Peter and Linda decided on the Osso Buco with polenta and green beans and it was a great match.
There was an entrée and a dessert and Lynda's signature dish of ginger and almond cake, coffee and Lindt chocolates, pinot noir and Sauternes - and everything was fabulous -but all I really remember about the evening was The Grange.
Grange was conceived by Max Schubert when he was the winemaker at Penfolds back in 1950 . Wine Spectator magazine named the 1990 Grange "The Best Red Wine in the World". Read the official winemaker notes here .
We could have waited another 6 or 7 years to open the Grange and I still think it would have been as good as it was on Saturday night. I have worked out it will cost around what I usually spend on wine every 6-8 weeks to purchase another bottle of the 1990 vintage.
