polarbear Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Had a few beers with my old man last night and somehow we got onto the topic of bottle tops* I made mention that a colleague of mine told me that Penfolds had a large number of different vintages of Grange bottled with screw tops lids and were cellaring them next to the same vintages bottled with cork. I guess the plan is to cellar the two styles of seal for a long-ish period of time to see if there is a noticeable difference in taste before Grange moves to screw caps. Any of the more learned members here know if this is true? With most of the Australian wine industry using screw caps almost exclusively it makes sense that even our "most prestigious" brand would move to them eventually after a little RnD For the record, Dad thought I was full of it *just remembered, the subject of screw caps came up after the old man couldn't get the lid off his stubby and spent 5min digging through the kitchen draws looking for a bottle opener Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzz Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Ken would be the best person to answer. Penfolds did start putting their more high end range under both screw top and cork (Grange remains 100% cork) back in 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potpest Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Found this on the topic, pretty interesting read:http://chrisshanahan.com/articles/2007/a-new-seal-for-penfolds-grange/Sent from my Wileyfox Swift using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polarbear Posted October 4, 2016 Author Share Posted October 4, 2016 That article is almost 10 years Guess "coming soon" means something different when talking to Penfolds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrightonCorgi Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 I aged a screw top bottle for like 7-8 years and was fine. It's one of my favorite daily quaffer's that I highly recommend... Saint Cosme "Little James' Basket Press". It's a cuvee of different vintages blended together. Quite common in Rhone, but usually for just in house/vineyard drinking. I can only think of one other Rhone like that which is Pere Anselme “La Fiole du Pape” Chateauneuf-de-Pape (NV). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzz Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 I have some screw top bottles that are 12+ yrs old, and they are still drinking perfectly fine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gusto616 Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 The practicality of the screw top does it for me since I'm the only drinker in the my house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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