Penfolds Father 10YO

Father Grand Tawny sits in the middle of its tawny ladder, between the younger Reserve and the older Grandfather. It carries a minimum average blended age of ten years, and each blend typically draws on around fifteen vintages. Grenache, Shiraz, Mataro and Cabernet from South Australia are each aged separately in old oak casks, some as old as seventy years, then blended. It comes in at 18 per cent.

In the glass it is a medium tawny with a hint of yellow and green at the rim. The nose is toasted nuts, chocolate, raisin, plum and clove, with a distinctive lift of aniseed, and the palate is sweet fruitcake with a fresh, lingering finish. Serve it slightly cool after a meal with dessert, crème brûlée, blue cheese or roasted nuts.