Planted in 1888, this Barossa block grew the two experimental wines that shaped Grange itself. Campbell revisits the 1996 release, tasted for the first time in almost two decades. [Penfolds Block 42 Kalimna Cabernet Sauvignon 1996 — Review]
Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.
Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.
