D'Arenberg Shiraz The Dead Arm 2001

Readers should be on the look out for the 2001 The Dead Arm Shiraz, one of the greatest examples of this cuvee. Its dense black/purple color is accompanied by celestial aromas of melted licorice, graphite, blackberries, cassis, incense, anise, and to... Robert Parker. A Syrah wine from South Australia in Australia. 2001 d'Arenberg The Dead Arm 750ml

November 2009

Upon release d'Arenberg's The Dead Arm Shiraz has a vivid young deep brick-red colour. The nose shows intense and complex cedary, fig, blackberry and blueberry like smells occasionally pepper/spice smells too. Vanilla mocha oak smells and attacking blackberry, cassis characters are also evident on the palate. Full, intense sweet, cedary middle palate flavours have a distinctly silky, svelte texture deceptively disguise the rich powerful cassis and toffee-mocha flavours. The accent is on powerful full bodied berry fruit flavour, with a little sweet English toffee like oak read more...evident on the juicy, rolling finish. After time in bottle the d'Arenberg's Dead Arm gains a biscuity, cinnamon, caramel and eucalyptus based bouquet on top of rich blackberry pie smells. Tobacco, mushrooms, malt, and earth aromas play a part on the long, elegant fleshy, chocolate mint flavours. Restrained tannin and acidity coupled with rich alcohol, produce a seamless, peppery, velvety rolling length. ...be on the look out for the 2001 The Dead Arm Shiraz, one of the greatest examples of this cuvee. Its dense black/purple color is accompanied by celestial aromas of melted licorice, graphite, blackberries, cassis, incense, anise, and toasty oak. Fabulously concentrated, with great purity, an unctuous, viscous texture, and an amazingly long, 60-second plus finish, this fabulous baby will need 5-6 years of cellaring, and should drink well over the following 20-25 years. -Wine Advocate    (hide)

Readers should be on the look out for the 2001 The Dead Arm Shiraz, one of the greatest examples of this cuvee. Its dense black/purple color is accompanied by celestial aromas of melted licorice, graphite, blackberries, cassis, incense, anise, and to... Robert Parker. A Syrah wine from South Australia in Australia. 2001 Arenberg, D The Dead Arm Shiraz 750ml

January 2009

document.getElementById("NoProductImage").innerHTML = ""; Only 6 bottles or less available. Robert Parker 98 points! Readers should be on the look out for the 2001 The Dead Arm Shiraz- one of the greatest examples of this cuvee. Its dense black/purple color is accompanied by celestial aromas of melted licorice- graphite- blackberries- cassis- incense- anise- and toasty oak. Fabulously concentrated- with great purity- an unctuous- viscous texture- and an amazingly long- 60-second plus finish- this fabulous baby will need 5-6 years of cellaring- and should drink read more...well over the following 20-25 years. Chester Osborn- the remarkable person behind this enormous array of both impeccably high quality and value-priced wines- deserves considerable accolades for what he is able to achieve at all price ranges. If you love Australian wines- d'Arenberg is a winery to seek out as these offerings all possess abundant soul as well as character. In short- the accolades that proprietor/winemaker Chester Osborn receives not only from The Wine Advocate- but virtually everybody in the wine world- are all well deserved. Wine Advocate #148 (Aug 2003) Robert Parker d'Arenberg d'Arenberg is one of the most significant wineries in McLaren Vale. In 1912 Joseph Osborn- a teetotaler and director of Thomas Hardy and Sons- purchased the well established Milton Vineyards in the hills just north of the townships of Gloucester and Bellevue- now just known as McLaren Vale. d'Arenberg's wines of the 1960's gained immediate cult status amongst imbibers and judges. One Cabernet Sauvignon won a Jimmy Watson Trophy at the 1969 Royal Melbourne Wine Show and another Grenache - based wine was awarded 7 trophies and 29 gold medals from Australian capital city wine shows. It is understandable that by the 1970's d'Arenberg Wines had become very fashionable and had gained significant national and international profiles in less than 20 years. d'ArenbergDead ArmThe Dead Arm gets its name in a fairly inauspicious way - it is named after the disease (Eutypa Lata) which afflicts some of the oldest vines at d'Arenberg from which we get the majority of fruit destined for The Dead Arm. The disease- Eutypa Lata- or Dead Arm' is common all around the world in old vineyard sites. The disease in effect slowly reduces one of the arms' of the vines to dead wood- which then means the other arm of the vine produces small volumes of the most incredibly concentrated and highly flavoured grapes. This makes ideal material to go into this- our top Shiraz. The grapes are processed as are all of d'Arenberg reds- using the gentle Demoisy rubber toothed- open-mouthed crusher- and fermented in wax-lined- headed down open fermenters which are foot trod (and being ever hygiene-conscious here at d'Arenberg- the feet are clad in waders!) and temperature controlled. The still fermenting grapes are pressed off in baskets through the old Coq' and Bromley & Tregoning' presses into mainly new American and French oak barriques for 22 months or thereabouts- before blending and bottling at d'Arenberg. The Dead Arm is a spectacular example of McLaren Vale Shiraz - concentrated- multi-dimensional with huge fruit- length and texture- immense balance and ageing potential.    (hide)

October 2008

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May 2009