{"product_id":"2022-grange-la-chapelle-syrah-penfolds-x-chapelle","title":"2022 Grange La Chapelle Syrah - Penfolds x Chapelle","description":"\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“The remarkable offspring of two legendary parent wines from opposite sides of the world. Caroline Frey and Peter Gago on the Hill of Hermitage with their new wine” \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e– World of Fine Wine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSee more information on the (2021) first release \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.lamontscottesloe.com.au\/the-wines-in-context\/grange-la-chapelle-2021\" title=\"2021 and 2022 Grange x La Chapelle Blog\"\u003ehere.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2022 Grange x La Chapelle (Second Release)  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMatthew Jukes awarded the wine a rare 20+\/20 points, describing it as one of the most extraordinary wines he has tasted in four decades, noting its graphite-laced depth, refinement and elemental energy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThis second release again brings together 50% La Chapelle from the Hill of Hermitage and 50% Grange from select Penfolds vineyards across the Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale and Coonawarra. The result is a wine of remarkable cohesion and quiet authority. Both Decanter and The Wine Companion have awarded the wine 99 points, praising its gravitas, seamless length and long-term ageing potential.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e20+\/20 Points, Matthew Jukes, mathewjukes.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eToday’s release – I first tasted this wine in October 2024, and I tasted it again last June.  There is no doubt this is one of the most extraordinary wines I have tasted in my four decades in wine.  2022 La Chapelle \/ Grange is a darker, more vampiric and sootier beauty than the red-fruit-drenched 2021 vintage.  This time, the partnership dives deeper into the earth, bringing a hint more density, palate weight and back-end power.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThis panoply of black fruit notes is delivered with monastic calm, and while this is a more sonorous, basso profundo vintage, there is extraordinary refinement and composure throughout.  This is a graphite-soaked wine with immense charm and deeply rewarding fruit.  I find its charms mesmerising, pulsing with elemental energy and ultimately unlike any other wine I have tasted. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e After the incredible debut 2021 vintage and this astoundingly beautiful 2022, I would be happy if these two sets of perfumes and flavours bookended every subsequent wine under this game-changing label.  If this can be achieved, and I have no reason to think that it cannot, this might become one of the most famous wines in the world in the blink of an eye.\u003cbr\u003e----------\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e99 Points, David Sly, Decanter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is greatness in the pedigree of the two producers, each providing 50% to this two-hemisphere Shiraz blend. But there is also justified excitement surrounding the 2022 vintage fruit from both the northern Rhône and Penfolds’ Australian vineyards. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eIt’s the sum of many great parts, but even if you are familiar with both wines, this blend changes the shape of the palate line and flavour profile. This dark-coloured wine exhibits a delicious savouriness in the mid-palate, which has serious gravitas but also length and a seamless cohesion that is unexpected. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe skeleton is strong and proud, yet its unfussy generosity provides supple pleasure. For a carefully designed super-blend, it doesn’t attempt to amplify its assets. All the elements are allowed to speak convincingly in an assured, confident voice. It has no need to shout its greatness. It is simply magnificent.\u003cbr\u003e----------\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e99 Points, Dave Brookes, The Wine Companion \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eThe second release for this monumental collaboration from Caroline Frey, chief winemaker and vigneron at La Chapelle, and Peter Gago, chief winemaker at Penfolds. A 50\/50 blend of 2022 La Chapelle, from the Hill of Hermitage in the Rhône Valley, and 2022 Grange from select vineyard sites in the Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale and Coonawarra. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eDeep magenta\/crimson in the glass with resonant and beautifully detailed blackberry, doris plum, blueberry and black cherry fruits of considerable purity and pedigree. That gorgeous fruit is cut with hints of graphite, crushed granite, pan juices, brown spice, violets, licorice, cold tea, roasting meats, panforte, black pepper, dreamy, wonderfully judged oak nuance and earth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eDeep, and captivating on the palate, with a solid plinth of plum and black fruits etched with spice and rocky nuance. It's a beautiful wine and one that will age for 25-plus years without any problem.\u003cbr\u003e----------\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penfolds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48241697947867,"sku":null,"price":5095.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0743\/1251\/5803\/files\/2021-grange-la-chapelle-syrah-penfolds-x-chapelle-6649848.jpg?v=1755178333","url":"https:\/\/shop.lamontscott.com.au\/products\/2022-grange-la-chapelle-syrah-penfolds-x-chapelle","provider":"Lamont's Cottesloe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}