Re: Penfolds uncorks international flavours
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2020 3:44 am
I stumbled on the answer to my question about who makes the Champagne:
"So mightily have Chinese sales swollen Treasury coffers that TWE is on the trail of acquisition themselves, in some of Europe’s most hallowed wine regions. Penfolds have just launched a range of champagnes, co-branded with champagne producer Thiénot, and are aiming to buy some of the world’s most expensive vineyard land, in Champagne. Earlier this year Treasury bought a Bordeaux château, Cambon La Pelouse, a solid cru bourgeois. But a TWE director assured me during my recent visit to Australia that what they are really after is several notches above cru bourgeois in Bordeaux’s strict ranking, a classed growth property."
The Champagne I've bought, labelled 'La Mysteriale', doesn't mention Penfold's so there must be other, probably more expensive, Champagne with the Thiénot and Penfold's names.
"So mightily have Chinese sales swollen Treasury coffers that TWE is on the trail of acquisition themselves, in some of Europe’s most hallowed wine regions. Penfolds have just launched a range of champagnes, co-branded with champagne producer Thiénot, and are aiming to buy some of the world’s most expensive vineyard land, in Champagne. Earlier this year Treasury bought a Bordeaux château, Cambon La Pelouse, a solid cru bourgeois. But a TWE director assured me during my recent visit to Australia that what they are really after is several notches above cru bourgeois in Bordeaux’s strict ranking, a classed growth property."
The Champagne I've bought, labelled 'La Mysteriale', doesn't mention Penfold's so there must be other, probably more expensive, Champagne with the Thiénot and Penfold's names.