When trade fair VinExpo comes to town (Singapore in my case), the entire wine world assembles with it. Blending is therefore a convenient theme for this collection, with particular emphasis on wines blended beyond the normal boundaries.
Penfolds' latest example is pictured above: a 50:50 blend of Grange, their flagship Shiraz, with Hermitage, La Chapelle from the northern Rhône, part of the Paul Jaboulet Âiné stable. The announcement of the debut vintage, 2021, of this transhemispherical blend of superstar wines was met with equal parts of...
