Ranked #9 of 18 1992 Shiraz from South Australia
91/100
4 Stars
Huon Hooke
Blackberries & chaff, sweet ripe fruit and good structure, elegant and tidy in mouth. Like this lots. Delicious flavour and balance. An underrated vintage. Now to 18+ years.
Tasted: 28/09/2007
Drink: N/A
92 Points Robert Parker
The opaque purple-colored 1992 Grange exhibits an unevolved, grapy nose of sweet toasty oak, ripe prunes, black raspberries, and cassis. Full-bodied, with lavishly-displayed oaky notes, this formidably endowed, large-scaled wine should develop into an impressive example of Grange, although my instincts suggest it will not be quite as good as the 1990, 1986, or 1982. The wine was kept open for three days without any traces of oxidation. Give it 2-4 years of cellaring and consume it over the following 20 years.
Source: Robert Parker (Robert Parker Wine Advocate) by Robert M. Parker, Jr. February, 1998
96 Points James Halliday
Outstanding dense but bright purple-red; a powerful, concentrated bouquet with blackberry, mulberry and licorice aromas, and the oak seemingly more restrained than is usual. A powerful but impeccably balanced and structured wine, redolent of black cherry, licorice and mulberry fruit flavours; oozing class, breeding and staying power. It will be very interesting to watch the development of this wine versus the much-vaunted '90 and '91 vintages. Drink to 2022.
Source: James Halliday. April, 1997
This is a very aromatic Grange that seems to be the product of a vintage where the wines are showing extremely well young. It is dense purple, with a sweet blackberry/cherry nose and some subtle cedar and licorice in the background, unctuously textured, thick, full, without as many nuances of some of the greatest vintages of Grange, but very concentrated and dense. Anticipated maturity: now-2017.Source: Robert Parker (eRobertParker.com) February, 2002 by Robert Parker
note: this bottle may seep a bit during shipping, which is normal for older or ullaged bottles