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Penfolds Grange 2011 Shiraz 750ml Bottle $699 @ Dan Murphy's

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Penfolds Grange 2011 Shiraz 750ml Bottle $699 @ Dan Murphy's
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RockyRaccoon on 25/11/2019 - 15:17 danmurphys.com.au (3916 clicks)
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Hey, since we have so many who love BMW's, Teslas etc, the best way to compliment those purchases is with a discount bottle of Grange

https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/496548

Hurry stock is limited.

From the website
Today Only offer - ends midnight tonight!
Extremely limited stock. Set your store for availability or order for delivery to secure your order

There is stock near my local store (but not at that store)

No Brodens please, this is a class wine.

https://youtu.be/oG9ZOm89Jyg

Ranked 1 of 187 Shiraz from South Australia
Deep, rich red colour with purple tints. The bouquet starts off very oaky, and with a lot of swirling becomes richly mocha-like, peppery and dark chocolaty. Lindt dark chocolate with raspberries, to be precise. The wine is dense and fleshy in the mouth, with plenty of extract. It seems a shade lighter in body than usual, but still powerful. It's nicely balanced and smoothly-textured. The richness, density and harmony are very good indeed. Not a great Grange but superb, and surprisingly so for the disastrously wet year. And it can be enjoyed already. (Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale & Magill. No cabernet this year; it's 100% shiraz)

alternatively there is the 2009 vintage for the same offer here.

https://www.danmurphys.com.au/product/DM_787635/penfolds-gra…

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  • PinzVidz on 25/11/2019 - 15:21
    +7

    since we have so many who love BMW's, Teslas etc

    Don't forget those high yield investment MBs too.

  • King Steuart on 25/11/2019 - 15:26
    +2

    Thanks I grabbed all 8 at my local

    • Antikythera on 26/11/2019 - 01:04

      i was once manager in training at a drive through bottle shop. we were part of a large buying group and got some grange via allocation. two bottles were allocated at first, which the venue manager and assistant manager bought at cost. then another two were allocated a few weeks later, one each was offered to me and another assistant manager.

      my thought process was that if they had not allocated all the bottles in the first batch there may still be more in the warehouse even after the second allocation. I tried to get two more bottles just by using the correct item code and putting in with the normal order to our supplier. figuring if a warehouse worker just picked the item number he wouldn't know what he was grabbing was special.

      a week later i received the delivery and was confused why the order was $2000 over budget, but didn't seem to be larger than a normal order. turns out my assistant has accidentally changed my 0.2 (2 bottles) to 2.0 (2 cases) and we had got them all. I rang our other store to talk with the manager over there, "Is this a good thing or a bad thing?". He assured me it was a good thing and our owner was going to be very pleased.

      Turns out our owner had a private section at the other venue with his own cellar stock. In one go, I had doubled his holdings of Grange he had been collecting for several years. It was a good year too I believe 1990 iirc.

  • chrism238 on 25/11/2019 - 15:27
    +9

    Are these available in a cask, or only screw-tops?

    • ThatYodaGuy on 25/11/2019 - 17:20
      +1

      I think you'll find these are caulked ;)

  • OhPee on 25/11/2019 - 15:28
    +44

    Will this make a good base for bolognese sauce?

    • ngengerous on 25/11/2019 - 15:31
      +19

      Yeah, it reduces nicely. Just make sure you watch the pot on the stove - I burnt my first batch and had to buy another bottle to try again.

      • Andard on 25/11/2019 - 16:02
        +3

        That'sa spicy meatball!

    • Shiq1 on 25/11/2019 - 16:14

      Don’t know if serious but I did make this into a red wine jus since my wife bought an opened bottle back and I don’t drink.

      It came out quite nicely FYI, although they all kinda do when you add beef stock and salt

    • ragrum on 25/11/2019 - 17:18
      +1

      The 1996 vintage worked well - not sure about the 2011, sorry.

  • Arthur Dunger on 25/11/2019 - 15:30
    +5

    Don't forget you can buy a 6 pack of Shiraz Cabernet for $14.99 @ Aldi

    • [Deactivated] on 25/11/2019 - 16:48
      +3

      Looks good for refilling the bottles for resale on Taobao.

    • alidli on 25/11/2019 - 22:52

      Damn Qld liquor laws.

  • Tony2507 on 25/11/2019 - 15:30

    Please do tell, It just so happens that I’m making bolognese sauce tonight

  • TThomas on 25/11/2019 - 15:32
    +1

    Don't forget your 4% cashback with Shopback!

  • Drogo on 25/11/2019 - 15:34

    So what's the normal price?

  • [Deactivated] on 25/11/2019 - 15:34

    Bought a dozen. Thanks OP.

    • dddddog on 25/11/2019 - 18:36

      really???

      • scud70 on 25/11/2019 - 19:32

        Just trying to out do putnum… Lol

  • boretentsu on 25/11/2019 - 15:36
    +2

    1959 is my drop.

    • PinzVidz on 25/11/2019 - 16:49
      +21

      Ok Boomer.

  • Paranoid Perry on 25/11/2019 - 15:50
    +10

    Grabbed a few. Grange is lovely mixed with Coke, and topped with some ice from the local servo.

    • ozbking on 25/11/2019 - 16:42
      +2

      Unfortunately there are actually people who do this… First time I heard grange + coke, I almost fainted!

      • RockyRaccoon on 25/11/2019 - 16:48
        +1

        Probably not, the person serving it would have probably emptied the bottle and put in cask wine to serve in the Grange bottle.

  • Andard on 25/11/2019 - 16:05

    So, people who've tried it… seriously is it actually worth $600+ ?

    • pdtmathieson on 25/11/2019 - 16:22
      +20

      No, but it's rare that any drink over $100 is actually worth the price. This is a collectors item, and a way to show off to other people how much money you have.

      It's clearly not 30 times better than a $20 bottle, but it IS CLEARLY better than a $20 bottle. Does that make sense? Prices go up exponentially after a certain point, once it becomes clear that money is no object. I ran a bottle shop for about five years, and wine is a funny old business.

      • qwerty on 25/11/2019 - 17:30

        $20 Bottles are winning wine awards and beating $100+s in every wine show across the country

        • pdtmathieson on 26/11/2019 - 11:44

          Yeah absolutely, as they should - there isn't much difference between a $20 bottle and a $100 bottle. But when you start getting into the upper brackets of fine wine, you can confidently say they are better.

          My way of looking at it, is that if you were to randomly choose a $20 bottle, and randomly choose a $70 bottle, most of the time you will get a better wine in the $70 bottle. But if you randomly chose a $70 bottle, you would probably be able to find a better bottle for $20, but you would have to know what to look for, which is often hard with lesser known brands.

          BUT then there is the kicker. If you are buying an expensive bottle as a gift, you want to be able to show that it's expensive. To do this, you need to choose a wine that the receiver knows is expensive. And when you are looking at well known expensive wines, you aren't getting the best wine for the price, but that doesn't matter, because it's all about them knowing how much you spent on the wine. Similar comparison when you are buying expensive scotch - people gravitate to Blue Label despite it being rubbish, because everyone knows how expensive it is.

      • Andard on 26/11/2019 - 11:29
        +1

        +1 thanks that was informative :)

    • try2bhelpful on 25/11/2019 - 16:51

      Haven’t tried hat vintage but we have a friend who bought a few in the ‘80s when they were $25 a bottle. Worked in IT and he knew his wines. It was a nice drop but wasted on me.

    • Morven on 25/11/2019 - 23:09
      +1

      I was given a bottle of 1997 Grange for my 30th birthday and opened it about 15 years later. It started off being stored in the bottom of a share house cupboard, then moved house with me over the years, so it wasn't exactly kept in ideal conditions. Also, 97 Grange is not considered particularly valuable. By the time I decided to open it (for a Christmas dinner with the person who gave it to me), 97 Grange was considered past its prime. We decanted it and there was a ton of sediment. However, it was still really nice. If I'd paid about $120 for it I'd have been satisfied. I didn't pay anything for it, but no, don't pay $600+ for it as a drink. Perhaps as an investment if you know which vintages are going to be valuable.

  • UncleCheapSteam on 25/11/2019 - 16:22
    +3

    bought 5 bottles, thanks OP

    my wife wouldn't use any other wine for cooking

    • seamonkey on 25/11/2019 - 17:00
      +3

      May I therefore suggest that she add at least SOME to the food she is preparing?

      • [Deactivated] on 25/11/2019 - 17:10

        Why would you think red wine goes with instant noodles?

  • cktftw on 25/11/2019 - 16:42

    Still prefer the 1982 Lafite…

    • rappy68 on 25/11/2019 - 23:43

      Nice option if you can get it - cheaper and Better IMO is the 2000 Latour Pauillac

  • [Deactivated] on 25/11/2019 - 16:42
    +7

    Just in time for schoolies!

  • [Deactivated] on 25/11/2019 - 16:49
    +2

    Perfect for the new sodastream we have bought.

  • iironhide on 25/11/2019 - 16:52
    -1

    Quality cooking wine !!!

  • tightm8 on 25/11/2019 - 16:54
    +1

    Thanks Op

    Bought none.

  • katz on 25/11/2019 - 16:55

    Ah wtf?

  • GoldenDragon888 on 25/11/2019 - 16:57

    Great for turning into mulled wine.

  • AlbyDuck on 25/11/2019 - 17:03
    +5

    I'm in awe of a palate that's so developed that it can differentiate the brand of dark chocolate it's picking up in the bouquet.

  • dimon baton on 25/11/2019 - 17:05

    I don't think people who can afford this ever read this forum. Prove me wrong!

    • muwu on 25/11/2019 - 18:00
      +5

      I feel self-conscious now. I'm looking for a bottle for my father's retirement party. He's a big shiraz fan, has never had Grange before. Seems a gift fitting of the occasion. He might only ever have one bottle in his life…

    • omblygombly on 25/11/2019 - 18:03

      I managed to get a bottle of 98 grange at basically cost price just after it was released. Still to be drunk. But I am seriously thinking of selling it. Admittedly I did buy it before I heard of OZBargain.

  • Kamsi on 25/11/2019 - 17:06

    I thought it was $6.99 blown me away.

  • minicat on 25/11/2019 - 17:16

    Thanks, don't know why but bought 10.

  • jmel on 25/11/2019 - 17:27

    bargain! bought 2 dozen for christmas gift

  • alidli on 25/11/2019 - 17:31
    +2

    Alcohol & taste- $9
    Bragging rights- $690

  • PlasticSpaceman on 25/11/2019 - 17:33
    +3

    if you plan to drink a Grange now, then find an older bottle that has been stored well. 2011 is way too young - this is really for the collectors. Me - if I was rolling in money I'd probably try to hunt down a bottle of the '86 (or '90 or '91) which could probably be had for around this price (eg https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/penfolds+grange+bin+95+au…). A lot of people I suspect drink a Grange and, because it's too young, don't really get the full enjoyment out of it so it's wasted. Fortunately I have a number of older bottles, bought when they were not so stupid expensive, and we open maybe one a year for special family events. I doubt I'd ever buy one now. Hell, for that much I could get a '75 Latour or '81 Margaux and enjoy them now, but frankly I'm happy now to buy the $10 and under specials…..

    • jmel on 25/11/2019 - 17:38

      I am thinking of getting some for the kids 21st. Do you think 21 years of cellaring is sufficient for grange?

      • smeng on 25/11/2019 - 17:44
        +1

        i kinda did the same thing except it was for myself, i bought a 89 Grange at an auction which was my birth year. i am planning on keeping it till when i get married or have my first kid.

        i would buy another bottle in the year that i would have my kids also as a present to them in the future.

      • PlasticSpaceman on 25/11/2019 - 22:11

        I'd normally give 15 years as minimum rule of thumb for grange, so 21 would be fine. Just make sure you keep it in a cool dark area with minimum vibration or temperature variation. Not (as one of my uncle's did) on top of the fridge! :-)

      • sietes on 25/11/2019 - 22:13

        Plan for the 30th instead of the 21st. They will appreciate it more at that age.

    • smeng on 25/11/2019 - 17:41

      your spot on about 90 and 91 those were great years in the Grange

    • elektron on 25/11/2019 - 17:52

      way too young

      I don't know, I had a '98 vintage in '03 and it was still the best wine I've ever had the pleasure of drinking.

      • omblygombly on 25/11/2019 - 18:06

        I have one, still in the ( makeshift ) cellar. Might crack it over Christmas with my brothers. Or sell it.

        • elektron on 25/11/2019 - 18:27

          Or keep it for another 15-20 years.

      • Oteta on 25/11/2019 - 21:35

        Could you taste the Lindt dark chocolate.

    • Fobsessive on 25/11/2019 - 21:03

      What are some bold under $10 shiraz's?

      • PlasticSpaceman on 25/11/2019 - 22:39

        Not Grange beaters, but lots of $15 to $30 rrp wines out there that can sometimes be had for around the $10 mark that are decent to drink now but will definitely benefit from 5 to 10 or even 15 years. Thabilk, Heirloom, Wynns, Penfolds, d'Arenberg, Rothbury….

        If you want to find something to knock your socks off, find an old school Rutherglen durif. Just be careful that it's not one that's been made 'drink now'

  • jkcat on 25/11/2019 - 18:46
    +1

    Wife helped me to resist.

  • alidli on 25/11/2019 - 18:48

    Wine connoisseur here

    hmmmmm fruity……this is strong…….I feel pished

  • mranderson978 on 25/11/2019 - 19:27

    I'm fairly certain this is a joke post, since Costco is $650. Or at least it was.

    • aka nioh on 25/11/2019 - 22:35

      Dan murphys will price beat👍 further reducing the price and increasing this whopper of a bargain

  • Yimmy on 25/11/2019 - 20:06
    +2

    I have 6 bottles of 90 Grange for 100 bucks each back in the day.. drank one as a special treat with family members and pizza a couple of years back .. undoubtedly the best wine I have ever drunk..

    5 bottles left ..

  • WaKkO1 on 25/11/2019 - 20:18
    +2

    Not a bargain. I only bought one bottle of Grange in my life for the birth year of my daughter, which was the 2010 Grange (much better vintage than 2011 as well and I bought the bottle for $500.

  • Seni0r El Cheapo on 25/11/2019 - 21:54

    Can I mix it with coke?

  • dudi on 25/11/2019 - 22:03

    Where can you sell wine?

  • aka nioh on 25/11/2019 - 22:31

    For those who own Teslas, shiraz was so last year

  • Cleartripe on 25/11/2019 - 22:47
    +1

    Used to have 98 vintage every weekend.. but that was in 1998

  • modernhunter on 25/11/2019 - 23:15

    Noice in a spag bol

  • lost on 25/11/2019 - 23:24

    https://www.danmurphys.com.au/product/DM_787635/penfolds-gra…

    This is a better buy. 2 years older but the same price $699.00

    I'm going for this for sure.

  • Drewbo on 26/11/2019 - 00:16
    +1

    Barry O'Farrell beat me to it.

  • Resin on 26/11/2019 - 01:22
    +3

    2011; a rubbish year.

    Best make some sangria with it

    • Blargman2001 on 26/11/2019 - 01:31
      +1

      One of the worst this century

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