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D'Arenberg Shiraz Dead Arm 2002

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Winery:
d'Arenberg Wines Pty
Varietal:
Syrah
Region:
Australia > South Australia > Mclaren Vale
Type:
Red Wine
Drink Dates:
Drink Now - 2014
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User Tags:  berry, rich, spices, resinous, color descriptors, acidic, bramble fruits, blackberry, nose, complex 


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What to Expect

Australia has certainly made Syrah its own, even bestowing it with a new name: Shiraz. In the warm, dry climate of Australia this noble grape, responsible for some of the grandest wines of France, produces an intense, unique expression that is distinctly Australian. The ripe grapes take on classic notes of black pepper and leather that add depth and complexity to the black cherry and plum fruits on the palate. Australian Shiraz has typically been aged in American Oak barrels which impart the wine with a distinct note of vanilla that can add to the impression of ripeness many of these wines have, but the time in barrel also allows the wines a chance to settle and reveal their rich, voluptuously styled mouthfeel.

Winemakers Notes

Upon release d’Arenberg’s The Dead Arm Shiraz has a vivid young deep purple 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 disguises the rich powerful cassis and toffee-mocha flavours.

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Snooth User: MarioRobles
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I just tasted this wine, beautiful balance, more than enough fruit to carry the oak with elegance. After some decanting and as you drink the wine it evolves. A beautiful, powerful yet elegant example of great McLaren Vale Shiraz. With 10+ years more to go...!


October 2008

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Always one of the most highly rated (the 2001 had a 98 Wine Advocate review) and sought after wines from Australia, the 2002 is simply stunning. Get some before it disappears forever... 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 read more...


 

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Ham fisted fruit bomb. Sweet and dense, might be OK with BBQ spare ribs, since it won't get in the way of the sauce.


May 2009

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Always one of the most highly rated and sought after wines from Australia, the 2002 is simply stunning. Get some before it disappears forever... The 2002 season was characterized by a cold wet winter and spring, which produced lower yields with good, thick-skinned berries. The cool and completely dry summer ripened fruit gradually and a warm and also completely dry autumn allowed the grapes to ripen fully, producing grapes with some of the best and most exotic characters seen for many years.Upon release, d'Arenberg's The Dead Arm Shiraz has a vivid, young, dense purple-red color. read more...


 

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Snooth User: nataliewan
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Great everyday example of syrah.


March 2009

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Snooth User: 97mjr
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nice complexity and fruit. drinking nicely now with spice rubbed/pork. KAB loved it.


January 2007

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