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d'Arenberg Wines

d’Arenberg has become a famous name in Australian wine by being strikingly individual. In fact, since its beginnings the winery has managed to turn individuality into an art form by doing a whole lot of little things differently.

At Winestore, we are proud to present a number of their wines from superb vintages, which are becoming rarer and rarer including various vintages of the famed The Dead Arm Shiraz - a wine of legends and highly collectable.

The Dead Arm Shiraz is one of the flagship wines at d’Arenberg - the very best Shiraz from one of the oldest producers in arguably the best Shiraz producing region in Australia, McLaren Vale.

The 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 their 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 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.

In addition to The Dead Arm, we are pleased to offer OTHER RARE D'ARENBERG WINES - please enoy our selection above ....
d'Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz 1997 (75cl) d'Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz 1997 (75cl)

TWO BOTTLES ONLY

Robert Parker 95 points:
"Year in and year out d'Arenberg's finest cuvee is their spectacular Shiraz made from 100+ year old, head-pruned vines. It is an exquisite, multi-dimensional wine that is sure to make a formidable impression with readers. It is aged in 100% new oak, tipping the scales at a whopping 14.9% alcohol, yet has a glorious level of fruit and extract. The 1997 Dead Arm Shiraz exhibits an opaque purple color as well as a sweet nose of vanillin, blackberries, and licorice. The wood frames this enormously concentrated, rich, chewy wine. Multi-layered, with phenomenal concentration and length as well as moderately high tannin levels, it will be at its finest after 2-5 years of cellaring, and will keep for two decades." Wine Advocate #127 (Feb 2000) 


Price:   £49.80 (Including: VAT at 17.5%)
d'Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz 1999 (75cl) d'Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz 1999 (75cl)

A superb vintage for d'Arenberg. LIMITED STOCK

Robert Parker 96 points:
"This estate's most renowned offering is their old vine Shiraz (90+ year old vines) called The Dead Arm. The unfined/unfiltered 1999 The Dead Arm Shiraz (2,000 cases) was aged in 100% new oak, of which 70% was American and 30% French. It is about as natural and unmanipulated a product of the vineyard as one can find. Full-bodied and awesomely rich, notes of black pepper, licorice, and blackberry as well as cherry liqueur cascade over the palate with enormous concentration and intensity, high tannin, and a structured, muscular style. Give it 3-4 years of cellaring, and consume it over the following 2-3 decades. It is a timeless museum piece made in a style that can only be produced in Barossa or McLaren Vale. " Wine Advocate #143 (Aug 2002) 


Price:   £52.75 (Including: VAT at 17.5%)
d'Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz 2000 (75cl) d'Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz 2000 (75cl)

THREE BOTTLES ONLY

Robert Parker 94 points:
"The unfined/unfiltered 2000 The Dead Arm Shiraz is one of South Australia’s finest wines of the vintage. A perfume of grilled steak intermixed with blackberries, new saddle leather, earth, pepper, and melted licorice rises from this awesome red. With great power, richness, and no hard edges, it is still young and primary, but should hit its peak in 3-7 years, and last for two decades or more. 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) 


Price:   £45.00 (Including: VAT at 17.5%)
d'Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz 2002 (37.5cl HALF-BOTTLE) d'Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz 2002 (37.5cl HALF-BOTTLE)

HALF BOTTLE

Robert Parker 93 points:
"The 2002 The Dead Arm Shiraz was a challenge to effectively analyze. After the magnificent 2001, it comes across as lighter-styled, more elegant, but also closed and restrained. Several hours of aeration were beneficial, but this cuvee seems to be playing it close to the vest. However, there is power underneath the tannic structure. A deep ruby/purple color is followed by a backward, full-throttle Shiraz lacking the exuberance, unctuosity, and stunning concentration of the 2001 and 1998. It has noble breeding, but appears to be totally shut down at present. Anticipated maturity: 2009-2020." Wine Advocate #155 (Oct 2004) 


Price:   £14.95 (Including: VAT at 17.5%)
d'Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz 2002 (75cl) d'Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz 2002 (75cl)

ONE BOTTLE ONLY

Robert Parker 93 points:
"The 2002 The Dead Arm Shiraz was a challenge to effectively analyze. After the magnificent 2001, it comes across as lighter-styled, more elegant, but also closed and restrained. Several hours of aeration were beneficial, but this cuvee seems to be playing it close to the vest. However, there is power underneath the tannic structure. A deep ruby/purple color is followed by a backward, full-throttle Shiraz lacking the exuberance, unctuosity, and stunning concentration of the 2001 and 1998. It has noble breeding, but appears to be totally shut down at present. Anticipated maturity: 2009-2020." Wine Advocate #155 (Oct 2004) 


Price:   £33.75 (Including: VAT at 17.5%)
d'Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz 2003 (1.5l MAGNUM) d'Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz 2003 (1.5l MAGNUM)

Another great vintage for d'Arenberg. ONE MAGNUM ONLY

Robert Parker 95 points:
"A deeper, richer, fuller-bodied offering that spent time in equal parts French and American oak, it possesses an opaque purple color, great intensity, and a fabulously sweet nose of blackberries, cassis, asphalt, earth, and oak. Powerful, super-concentrated, and obviously fashioned from low yields and old vines, this is a classic McLaren Vale old vine Shiraz that should age nicely for 15+ years." Wine Advocate #161 (Oct 2005) 


Price:   £65.00 (Including: VAT at 17.5%)
d'Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz 2005 (75cl) d'Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz 2005 (75cl)

Another classic vintage for d'Arenberg.

Robert Parker 95 points:
"D’Arenberg’s most famous wine is its flagship, The Dead Arm Shiraz. The 2005 The Dead Arm Shiraz is sourced from ancient head-pruned vines. It was aged for 22 months in a mix of new and used French and American oak. It is opaque purple/black with an expansive perfume of toast, smoke, spice box, mineral, pencil lead, tar, licorice, blueberry, and blackberry. Full-bodied, opulent, and super-concentrated, this structured, lengthy wine will benefit from 3-5 years of cellaring and drink well through 2025." Wine Advocate #173 (Oct 2007) 


Price:   £24.95 (Including: VAT at 17.5%)
d'Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz 2005 (1.5l MAGNUM) d'Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz 2005 (1.5l MAGNUM)

MAGNUM 


Price:   £63.50 (Including: VAT at 17.5%)
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