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Manage Subscriptions2003 d'Arenberg Shiraz The Dead Arm
Shiraz
- Australia
- South Australia
- Fleurieu
- McLaren Vale
Community Tasting Notes 149
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Ridgerunner Likes this wine: 94 points
March 22, 2024 - likely should still decant for 90 minutes. This is an incredible wine right in its prime.
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Duncan H wrote: 89 points
March 15, 2024 - Drank with Jonathan G and Matthew over dinner at home. Still very powerful and full bodied. D found it a bit monolithic.
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IndyTom Likes this wine: 90 points
February 8, 2024 - This bottle was actually better than the one I drank last year. Decanted for about an hour. Still has nice dark fruit. My last bottle may last another year, but it is drinking too well to wait.
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Joelene wrote: 91 points
February 6, 2024 - Still drinking nicely
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J @ y H @ c k Likes this wine: 93 points
February 3, 2024 - opened, decanted for an hour, and then followed for a few hours. This is what I love about Aussie Shiraz, with the extra factor that the bottle was autographed by D'Arry Osborne when I met him at Zachy's about 18 years ago. When the roughness subsides and the fruit emerges from hiding, this is an outstanding wine. I had finished most of my 1998 Aussie Shiraz and I found this one just sitting there and begging to be opened. I had a bunch of 375s that are long gone and I had lost track of this one. No blueberry pie filling, unless you spend too much time drinking a blend of fecal notes, cat piss and the dirt in the corral. The tannin is 95%+ resolved into a sweet accompaniment to a cherry/raspberry velvet that crosses the tongue and slides effortlessly towards the throat. The nose is subtle fruit and effortless, with a small bit of violet floral aroma. The only thing that keeps this wine from the exceptional characterization is that the finish was "only" of average length. I wish I had bought more. This is at its peak, or perhaps a year or two short of it, so if you've got 'em, smoke 'em.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2003
- Type Red
- Producer d'Arenberg
- Varietal Shiraz
- Designation The Dead Arm
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Australia
- Region South Australia
- SubRegion Fleurieu
- Appellation McLaren Vale
- UPC Codes 7290006362353, 767749002060, 9311832391008
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 24 (1%)
- In Cellars 1,776 (47%)
- Consumed 1,984 (52%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
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- CountryAustralia
- RegionSouth Australia
- SubRegionFleurieu
- AppellationMcLaren Vale
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