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D'Arenberg Shiraz Dead Arm(2002)

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.

The accent is on powerful full-bodied berry fruit flavour, with a little sweet English read more...
Wine.com
June 2007
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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June 2007
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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May 2008
I put this up at the top of this list. Wine does pack a punch
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August 2007
Plenty of depth in this one- still got lots of life- sensational peppery flavours ----worth seeking out
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Stephen Tanzer
International Wine Cellar
Issue 115, July/August 2004
91(+?)
July 2007
($65) Bright full ruby. Varietally expressive aromas of currant, espresso, smoke, gunflint and sexy oak, with a distinctly feral note. Highly concentrated, dense and smoky, with a strong syrah note of gunflint. Broad, mouthfilling shiraz with lovely framing acidity, intriguing minerality and impressively sweet tannins.
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