From humble beginnings in the 1950s, Grange has maintained its place as Australia's most prestigious red wine over four decades. Today, it is a wine of international renown, with each vintage eagerly awaited by collectors both in Australia and overseas. Don Ditter, an early graduate of Roseworthy Agricultural College who joined Penfolds as a laboratory assistant in 1946, was appointed by Max Schubert as his successor in 1973. The 1976, and the very great 1986 Grange, Don Ditter's Last vintage before retirement, epitomize this remarkable period. Maturation in new American oak hogsheads for twenty months. Alcohol 13.1%