Penfolds Grange La Chapelle 2022
Penfolds Grange La Chapelle 2022
AU$3500, 14% alcohol, cork.
50% – 2022 La Chapelle, France, Hill of Hermitage, Rhône Valley.
50% – 2022 Grange, Australia, a collection of select South Australian vineyards (Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Coonawarra).
This review was part of the release article on Grange La Chapelle.
The first words to come to mind: it’s noticeably and impressively harmonious. It has melded. Plums, black cherries, cream, flings of aromatic herbs but not exaggeratedly so. Aromatically there’s a pan juices note, like roast lamb and rosemary. The palate itself has a gentle saltiness. The finish is creamy but also spicy, peppery, earthen and herbal; it’s fine-grained, and in both sensation and in shape it has a feel of difference to the other Penfolds wares. The length of the palate is exceptional, the aftertaste is so minerally, so rock-strewn. It feels as though there’s some alcohol warmth but otherwise this wine is not short of magnificence. It’s arguably a better wine than 2021 Grange, or it is if intrigue is a measure you value.
97 points – Campbell Mattinson.
See also [Grange La Chapelle Rushed to Market]
See also [Grange La Chapelle 2021 Release]
