Opened with the E&E Black Pepper Shiraz. Paled when compared to the E&E. Needed some tine to open. Big nose with smoke, grilled meats, black fruit and spice. Similar flavors. A littel on the acidic side. Much better at hour 2 and later. No hurry to open the last bottle or 2. Much better than expected at this age.
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Copper red, smells of leather, green pepper and a little bit of blackberry, in the mouth leather, green pepper and acidity, in the aftertaste blackberry and leather, good length (30 sec), good red
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Liquid smoke. Intense, dark fruits, leather but the smoky, roast meat is what dominates. An interesting wine and definitely stood the test of time but just thinking whether the over-oaking this had in its youth probably with a high toast barrel effectively just makes it something it shouldn't be . The Arts has a whole vertical of these so we will try a few more am sure down the line and see. a bit fake in a way assuming the bottle is characteristic.. 88-89
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Opaque crimson color, slightly cloudy. This has a brooding nose of ripe berries, olive tapenade, shoe polish, milk chocolate and cedar. The palate is smooth and round, with ample dark fruit transitioning into a lingering herbaceous finish with subtly grainy tannins. This is a great example of The Dead Arm which, to d'Arenberg's credit, is a consistently high performer throughout the vintages. If only all Shiraz matured so gracefully! This is near optimal maturity and should be enjoyed without hesitation.
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Stored in perfect conditions since release. Not decanted! Ruby with orange rim. Intense cigar box and mint at first, then adding toffee. On the palate black currant, black cherries, cigar (havanna I guess), cedar, chamomile, herbs. I wonder if this would be recognized in a top bordeaux blind tasting of full mature vintages. Very long finish. Great! Hard to tell how one give it less than excellent ratings.
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One of the best older Dead Arms that I have had. After a glacial development where it has tasted very young for the past decade, it has finally started to show age and maturity. Dark fruit and spice with clear eucalyptus, amaretto cherries and blackberries.
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Very pleasant, enjoyable red drunk first week Dec 2014. Feared it might have faded out but has stood the test of time and still drinking well at 17 years.
Lovely floral & berry nose, boysenberry fruit, nicely integrated oak and tannins, very soft, mellow old red.
But lacked complexity. No wide spectrum of flavours or layers. Each sip the same. A very simple wine for around a price tag of $70, can get the same for $30. So have to mark it down a wee bit on that basis.
Maybe better drunk when younger and the primary fruit as this wine's strength is still at the forefront.
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Zachy's Wine Auction - Winter 2014 (Smith & Wollensky (48th & 3rd Ave)): Here again a wine which suffered a bit from the company it was in. It was a lot fruitier than the Grange, a bit clearer tasting, but died much more quickly on the ending and just didn't have the same layers. Good wine, but tough to compete (although given price differential, sometimes this would be the right one).
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Dead Arm Vertical dinner (Ola Cocina Del Mar, Marina Bay Financial Centre): Dark garnet with slight brick red rims, subtle nose of roast coffee and perfume notes but fruits seems drying out. Lean and medicinal fruits on palate, along with roast coffee and some dark fruits. Mellow down with soft tannins and medium finish. Still holding but clearly on its last leg, drink up. There was dividing opinions among the tasters on this wine, while some thought that it has over the hill, others thought that it was still holding and drinking beautifully now. Wine is so interesting and different people see it differently.
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Wow - this is sensational. My first thought was that this was remarkably reminiscent of Grange. I've had a reasonable amount of experience with Grange, but if this was hidden in among them, it would be very hard to single it out.
In terms of flavours/aromas: Fruit (red/dark berries), mint, eucalyptus, leather, meat, coffee, chocolate are all in there, most harmoniously integrated. The alcohol is evident to the degree that anyone choosing this wine would expect (but there's very little sense of heat). And (this may sound unpleasant to some) the lingering finish quite reminds me of Cadbury's Fruit & Nut chocolate!
I used to consider this wine greatly overrated, but maybe Parker wasn't so wrong after all...
Better than a 1998 that we had recently - which was very nice, but slightly anonymous.
No rush to drink it, but it's so delicious now...
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Decanted 2 hours. Fine sediment. Its appearance does not give away the age. Rich but mellow mature Shiraz. Dense black fruits, sweet liquorice, integrated spicy oak. There are complexities like iron, earth, menthol. Long. It's in it's drinking window.
Finger-lick-orice-ing good! Old style, detailed, high quality Aussie Shiraz with a bright acidic back bone that lifts this beauty and a distinctly "liqueury" expression. Reading all the TN's here, we're surprised that so few mention licorice/anise seeds/Bassett's AllSorts and similar because, FWIW, this wine is swimming in it. Cassis, rich-dark-cherry-liqueur, earthy minerality, mature fruits including brown bananas. M+ acids in a Northern Rhône fashion, M tannin still lingering and adding firmness. Fabulous concentration and close to high-score on the sediment scale. Long, satisfying and our only bottle. We just love a muscular Oz btl from time to time. Decanted at home for sediment. Had at La Rochelle, Akasaka (Tokyo). Married especially tonight's fois gras plate and the lamb provencale. Wife: 89p The two sommeliers prefer other wine: one found this OTT alcoholic and one prefers younger wine. My taste says it still has some way to go. 377 btls still to go in this fantastic community! However, none in our cellars :-( Only btl, pretty good timing.
Purple, slight bricking. Big, hot Aussie nose, toasted oak, bacon, eucalyptus, beef blood. Dense fruit on the palate, no tannin, little acidity, just a block of mature black fruit, tobacco, spice, heavy oak. Interesting that it has kept its flavour profile for so long--- just a slightly more settled, mellowed version of itself.
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The fruit on this was still alive and rounded out by secondary flavors. Not too big and in your face. This is more restrained and elegant. A joy to drink.
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Intense ripe orange and a touch of red berries on the nose. Orange bitters on the palate. Fuller body, tannins mellowed but there, smooth, with a good acidic kick to it. I can't quite get past the bitters -- it's like drinking a Manhattan in a wine glass, which I like, but I don't know if it makes up for the lost complexity to make me wish I had more bottles of it. Still, I'm enjoying this one very much. 4/5.
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Drank at my BDay tasting dinner with the Brown Bag Crew plus... It was similar to the last bottle. A really different type of Australian Shiraz. This is a balanced mature wine.
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Popped and poured. My second bottle in a month and the bottle which only confirmed my first observation - not all Aussie Shiraz es are created equal and few are much better than the others. If your expectation are that you'll be hit by this wine like if it was 2x4, you'll be greatly disappointed. This is masculine wine with feminine half mixed together. If I were a butch lesbian, I'd drink nothing else!
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I have to re-evaluate my stance on aged Aussie Shiraz. This bottle was just perfect. Full of sediments, decanted for 4 hours, the bottle was singing with frog legs and octopus in the mushroom sauce. Thank you Emery for expending my horizons.
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The strong iodine aromas upon opening blew off over half an hour.This is a smooth and complex wine with a velvety mouth-feel. Thee finish is 30s and includes a little bacon fat. . The fruit is big still. Pretty amazing stuff.
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1998 Australians (Raab at Burgatta): Transparent red brownish color with orange edges. Lively cherries and rubber aroma. Spicy cherries alcoholic on the palate. Round tannins, high acidity, balanced bitterness, plums, heavy fruity, salty, mineral. Medium long after taste.
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drank alongside a 1998 dead arm and the 97 smoked it. This had two undulating layers of flavor and a 50 second soft meandering finish. Outstanding aged shiraz. Did not require decanting. A filter was useful though. This will last another 3-5 years.
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Vivid, explosive spicy blackcurrant nose, you can smell it about a metre away! Palate is more blackcurrant, cherry, lots of graphite. Plenty of time in this, still a lot of structure but remains balanced. A heavyweight boxer with poise.
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Late at a Le M tasting. Lots of fun in the nose (content, scale and vibrancy), but palate poorly received: general view that needs another decade for a chance of that to be corrected. I disagree: I think it could have been a great thrill by itself with the right food. Burnt rubber, beef, blackberry, minor cassis, ? banana?, tar, eucalyptus, some sort of spirit. Perceived as a bitter-sweet, rocket-fuel palate. 90 pts overall, to me, in this setting, now. A 94 pt wine hiding here?
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Wine Salon - November 2009 (Australia) (Chez Jahnke): Brilliant wine. Started out rough with a very distinctive nail polish remover smell, but that blew off and what was left was one of the most perfumed noses of the night. The palate is all about spicy maraschino cherry, but this vino is completely dry. Long finish, great mid-palate and some real ageing potential. This is as good a Shiraz sa I've had.
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Dinner at the Oak- dark color, youthful looking wine, dark cherry nose with a touch of stewiness and some spice. flavors of dark cherries and salted plums. the mouth is a bit soupy. it is a medium to heavyweight wine with a medium legth, quite forward fruit but just never seems to come together
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Still pitch black. Surprisingly firm for a 12 year old wine, but far better than expected. I have recently been somewhat disappointed with the Dead Arms, but this one actually showed much of the character I like from some of d'Arenberg's other offerings (primarily Ironstone Pressings) - with high density of flavour but yet elegant and complex structure. This 97 Dead Arm showed nice hints of eucalyptus and cedar. Mouth filling and a long pleasant after taste.
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decanted 2 hours, first bottle of the case, purchased EP. slight browning around the edges but still fairly dark. nose is dark red fruits but a bit stewy/ cooked. in the mouth still a bit hot, taste like it smells, mostly fruit flavor but a bit stewy, medium length, well balanced. ok bottle of wine but not sure it was worth the wait, lets see if bottle number two the same or better
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Still a total fruit bomb (not that that is a bad thing). Still drinking nicely. Decanted for about 45 minutes before consuming. Color is deep - almost black.
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Very nice Shiraz, but I think it needs more time. Tons of fruit and tannin; a bit hot on the nose, and definitely sweet with some relatively out-front oak (lots of vanilla). Overall it was good, but I was hoping for more from this bottle, which I've held off on for a long time. Should hold the remaining two for 5+ years.
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This was a wonderful wine. On the nose it was quite sharp. Nice currant and liquorice aromas. On the palate it was very plum like and hints of liquorice and black cherry. The finish was long. Almost 30 seconds and still quite sharp and tannic. Wonderful bottle that was enjoyed by all.
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Retailer Tasting (Sydney): Warm mineral and chocolate nose whichc follows through on the palate, adding a spicy note. Tannins surprisingly soft and friendly; gee you notice the comparative lack of impact amongst all these 98 vintage wines. Still, I think it’ll be better in the shorter term.
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7/4/2019 - gharter Likes this wine: 90 Points
Opened with the E&E Black Pepper Shiraz. Paled when compared to the E&E. Needed some tine to open. Big nose with smoke, grilled meats, black fruit and spice. Similar flavors. A littel on the acidic side. Much better at hour 2 and later.
No hurry to open the last bottle or 2.
Much better than expected at this age.
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4/21/2019 - winepaw Likes this wine: 91 Points
Last bottle of a case. Robust with Mature shiraz fruit. Still drinking nicely. Paired well with grilled lamb chops.
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11/24/2018 - Butzemann wrote: 90 Points
Copper red, smells of leather, green pepper and a little bit of blackberry, in the mouth leather, green pepper and acidity, in the aftertaste blackberry and leather, good length (30 sec), good red
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10/24/2018 - Papies wrote: 89 Points
Liquid smoke. Intense, dark fruits, leather but the smoky, roast meat is what dominates. An interesting wine and definitely stood the test of time but just thinking whether the over-oaking this had in its youth probably with a high toast barrel effectively just makes it something it shouldn't be . The Arts has a whole vertical of these so we will try a few more am sure down the line and see. a bit fake in a way assuming the bottle is characteristic.. 88-89
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3/12/2018 - asgerG wrote: 90 Points
Vinklubben 1983's Overseas vs. Europe tasting hos Asger (Hos Asger): DnP. Dar red, yellow rim, 5. Generous eucalyptus dominated bouquet. Harmonious palate, mellow tannins, long finish. drink now-onwards. A bit monolitic but a pleasure none the less.
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8/13/2017 - Skip4wine wrote:
Over the hill
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2/4/2017 - NineteenEightyTwo Likes this wine: 94 Points
Opaque crimson color, slightly cloudy. This has a brooding nose of ripe berries, olive tapenade, shoe polish, milk chocolate and cedar. The palate is smooth and round, with ample dark fruit transitioning into a lingering herbaceous finish with subtly grainy tannins. This is a great example of The Dead Arm which, to d'Arenberg's credit, is a consistently high performer throughout the vintages. If only all Shiraz matured so gracefully! This is near optimal maturity and should be enjoyed without hesitation.
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2/7/2016 - Caruso Likes this wine: 95 Points
Stored in perfect conditions since release. Not decanted! Ruby with orange rim. Intense cigar box and mint at first, then adding toffee. On the palate black currant, black cherries, cigar (havanna I guess), cedar, chamomile, herbs. I wonder if this would be recognized in a top bordeaux blind tasting of full mature vintages. Very long finish. Great! Hard to tell how one give it less than excellent ratings.
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4/5/2015 - KristianT Likes this wine: 91 Points
One of the best older Dead Arms that I have had. After a glacial development where it has tasted very young for the past decade, it has finally started to show age and maturity. Dark fruit and spice with clear eucalyptus, amaretto cherries and blackberries.
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1/5/2015 - Morty Likes this wine: 85 Points
Very pleasant, enjoyable red drunk first week Dec 2014. Feared it might have faded out but has stood the test of time and still drinking well at 17 years.
Lovely floral & berry nose, boysenberry fruit, nicely integrated oak and tannins, very soft, mellow old red.
But lacked complexity. No wide spectrum of flavours or layers. Each sip the same. A very simple wine for around a price tag of $70, can get the same for $30. So have to mark it down a wee bit on that basis.
Maybe better drunk when younger and the primary fruit as this wine's strength is still at the forefront.
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12/5/2014 - MC2 Wines wrote:
Zachy's Wine Auction - Winter 2014 (Smith & Wollensky (48th & 3rd Ave)): Here again a wine which suffered a bit from the company it was in. It was a lot fruitier than the Grange, a bit clearer tasting, but died much more quickly on the ending and just didn't have the same layers. Good wine, but tough to compete (although given price differential, sometimes this would be the right one).
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6/29/2014 - robmatic wrote: 89 Points
Fruit has faded a bit and wood now dominates. Still a very enjoyable drink, but I'd recommend finishing these up.
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4/11/2014 - hkm520240 wrote: 89 Points
Dead Arm Vertical dinner (Ola Cocina Del Mar, Marina Bay Financial Centre): Dark garnet with slight brick red rims, subtle nose of roast coffee and perfume notes but fruits seems drying out. Lean and medicinal fruits on palate, along with roast coffee and some dark fruits. Mellow down with soft tannins and medium finish. Still holding but clearly on its last leg, drink up.
There was dividing opinions among the tasters on this wine, while some thought that it has over the hill, others thought that it was still holding and drinking beautifully now. Wine is so interesting and different people see it differently.
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2/9/2014 - steinbrl12 Likes this wine: 91 Points
good nose, fruit and depth. Has held up well
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1/4/2014 - thewinelake Likes this wine: 93 Points
Wow - this is sensational. My first thought was that this was remarkably reminiscent of Grange. I've had a reasonable amount of experience with Grange, but if this was hidden in among them, it would be very hard to single it out.
In terms of flavours/aromas: Fruit (red/dark berries), mint, eucalyptus, leather, meat, coffee, chocolate are all in there, most harmoniously integrated. The alcohol is evident to the degree that anyone choosing this wine would expect (but there's very little sense of heat). And (this may sound unpleasant to some) the lingering finish quite reminds me of Cadbury's Fruit & Nut chocolate!
I used to consider this wine greatly overrated, but maybe Parker wasn't so wrong after all...
Better than a 1998 that we had recently - which was very nice, but slightly anonymous.
No rush to drink it, but it's so delicious now...
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10/25/2013 - Peech Likes this wine: 93 Points
sweeter on the nose and palate compared to the RWT. Also some coconut here as well as coffee. More concentrated on the palate. This is more like it!
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10/25/2013 - fizz wrote: 92 Points
Decanted 2 hours. Fine sediment. Its appearance does not give away the age. Rich but mellow mature Shiraz. Dense black fruits, sweet liquorice, integrated spicy oak. There are complexities like iron, earth, menthol. Long. It's in it's drinking window.
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8/20/2013 - StefanAkiko Likes this wine: 93 Points
Finger-lick-orice-ing good!
Old style, detailed, high quality Aussie Shiraz with a bright acidic back bone that lifts this beauty and a distinctly "liqueury" expression.
Reading all the TN's here, we're surprised that so few mention licorice/anise seeds/Bassett's AllSorts and similar because, FWIW, this wine is swimming in it. Cassis, rich-dark-cherry-liqueur, earthy minerality, mature fruits including brown bananas. M+ acids in a Northern Rhône fashion, M tannin still lingering and adding firmness. Fabulous concentration and close to high-score on the sediment scale. Long, satisfying and our only bottle.
We just love a muscular Oz btl from time to time.
Decanted at home for sediment. Had at La Rochelle, Akasaka (Tokyo). Married especially tonight's fois gras plate and the lamb provencale.
Wife: 89p
The two sommeliers prefer other wine: one found this OTT alcoholic and one prefers younger wine. My taste says it still has some way to go.
377 btls still to go in this fantastic community!
However, none in our cellars :-(
Only btl, pretty good timing.
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6/14/2013 - Annabk wrote: 82 Points
Drank as part of a vertical tasting with the '99, 2000 and '02, but over a long dinner and unfortunately no notes taken. Comment "good".
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1/20/2013 - Timbalimba wrote: 91 Points
Purple, slight bricking. Big, hot Aussie nose, toasted oak, bacon, eucalyptus, beef blood. Dense fruit on the palate, no tannin, little acidity, just a block of mature black fruit, tobacco, spice, heavy oak. Interesting that it has kept its flavour profile for so long--- just a slightly more settled, mellowed version of itself.
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8/12/2012 - bowempe wrote: 93 Points
The fruit on this was still alive and rounded out by secondary flavors. Not too big and in your face. This is more restrained and elegant. A joy to drink.
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3/17/2012 - RayOB wrote: 90 Points
d'Arenberg The Dead Arm Vertical '95 - '04: Light hue, dark core
Pepper, cherries, mint, eucalyptus, tar, minerality, rasberries and vanilla
Medium tannins with some harshness to the mouth and a mid length
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2/11/2012 - Zafer wrote:
Intense ripe orange and a touch of red berries on the nose. Orange bitters on the palate. Fuller body, tannins mellowed but there, smooth, with a good acidic kick to it. I can't quite get past the bitters -- it's like drinking a Manhattan in a wine glass, which I like, but I don't know if it makes up for the lost complexity to make me wish I had more bottles of it. Still, I'm enjoying this one very much. 4/5.
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1/27/2012 - edjBoca wrote: 93 Points
Drank at my BDay tasting dinner with the Brown Bag Crew plus... It was similar to the last bottle. A really different type of Australian Shiraz. This is a balanced mature wine.
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1/22/2012 - Serge Birbrair wrote:
Popped and poured. My second bottle in a month and the bottle which only confirmed my first observation - not all Aussie Shiraz es are created equal and few are much better than the others. If your expectation are that you'll be hit by this wine like if it was 2x4, you'll be greatly disappointed. This is masculine wine with feminine half mixed together. If I were a butch lesbian, I'd drink nothing else!
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12/23/2011 - Serge Birbrair wrote:
I have to re-evaluate my stance on aged Aussie Shiraz. This bottle was just perfect. Full of sediments, decanted for 4 hours, the bottle was singing with frog legs and octopus in the mushroom sauce. Thank you Emery for expending my horizons.
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12/23/2011 - edjBoca wrote: 94 Points
The strong iodine aromas upon opening blew off over half an hour.This is a smooth and complex wine with a velvety mouth-feel. Thee finish is 30s and includes a little bacon fat. . The fruit is big still. Pretty amazing stuff.
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3/24/2011 - Yagil Likes this wine: 90 Points
1998 Australians (Raab at Burgatta): Transparent red brownish color with orange edges.
Lively cherries and rubber aroma.
Spicy cherries alcoholic on the palate. Round tannins, high acidity, balanced bitterness, plums, heavy fruity, salty, mineral. Medium long after taste.
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2/26/2011 - arthrovine wrote: 94 Points
drank alongside a 1998 dead arm and the 97 smoked it. This had two undulating layers of flavor and a 50 second soft meandering finish. Outstanding aged shiraz. Did not require decanting. A filter was useful though. This will last another 3-5 years.
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4/13/2010 - Screameagle wrote: 95 Points
Just drinking great. Just wish I had another bottle. Who says Aussie shiraz doesn't age. A wonderful wine.
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3/10/2010 - Colia wrote: 94 Points
Crumbly cork. Nose of licorice, espresso, and chocolate. Black chocolate and spices dominate the palate. wow.
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2/13/2010 - gravelld wrote: 91 Points
Vivid, explosive spicy blackcurrant nose, you can smell it about a metre away! Palate is more blackcurrant, cherry, lots of graphite. Plenty of time in this, still a lot of structure but remains balanced. A heavyweight boxer with poise.
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12/22/2009 - campingfleurie wrote: 90 Points
Late at a Le M tasting. Lots of fun in the nose (content, scale and vibrancy), but palate poorly received: general view that needs another decade for a chance of that to be corrected. I disagree: I think it could have been a great thrill by itself with the right food. Burnt rubber, beef, blackberry, minor cassis, ? banana?, tar, eucalyptus, some sort of spirit. Perceived as a bitter-sweet, rocket-fuel palate. 90 pts overall, to me, in this setting, now. A 94 pt wine hiding here?
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11/15/2009 - steffenpelz wrote:
Wine Salon - November 2009 (Australia) (Chez Jahnke): Brilliant wine. Started out rough with a very distinctive nail polish remover smell, but that blew off and what was left was one of the most perfumed noses of the night. The palate is all about spicy maraschino cherry, but this vino is completely dry. Long finish, great mid-palate and some real ageing potential. This is as good a Shiraz sa I've had.
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8/30/2009 - reichken wrote: 89 Points
Drunk at Chandra BBQ- one of the better bottles of this that i have had, dark purple still, spicy dark fruit, med weight, forward, some chocolate
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8/30/2009 - reichken wrote: flawed
badly corked
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6/6/2009 - reichken wrote: 89 Points
Dinner at the Oak- dark color, youthful looking wine, dark cherry nose with a touch of stewiness and some spice. flavors of dark cherries and salted plums. the mouth is a bit soupy. it is a medium to heavyweight wine with a medium legth, quite forward fruit but just never seems to come together
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5/11/2009 - KristianT wrote: 91 Points
Still pitch black. Surprisingly firm for a 12 year old wine, but far better than expected. I have recently been somewhat disappointed with the Dead Arms, but this one actually showed much of the character I like from some of d'Arenberg's other offerings (primarily Ironstone Pressings) - with high density of flavour but yet elegant and complex structure. This 97 Dead Arm showed nice hints of eucalyptus and cedar. Mouth filling and a long pleasant after taste.
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4/23/2009 - Yagil wrote: 88 Points
At Raab
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4/21/2009 - reichken wrote: 90 Points
drunk with bbq- deep dark color-decanted for several hours, spicy black fruit, a bit hot, not well balanced
least exciting wine of the bbq
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2/24/2009 - reichken wrote: 89 Points
decanted 2 hours, first bottle of the case, purchased EP. slight browning around the edges but still fairly dark. nose is dark red fruits but a bit stewy/ cooked. in the mouth still a bit hot, taste like it smells, mostly fruit flavor but a bit stewy, medium length, well balanced. ok bottle of wine but not sure it was worth the wait, lets see if bottle number two the same or better
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10/21/2008 - bswanson77 wrote: 92 Points
Still a total fruit bomb (not that that is a bad thing). Still drinking nicely. Decanted for about 45 minutes before consuming. Color is deep - almost black.
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12/31/2007 - bswanson77 wrote: 93 Points
Perfection in a shiraz! Perfectly balanced. Tremendous fruit, decent heat, long finish.
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12/16/2007 - markellen.foodies@gmail.com wrote: 92 Points
Decanted for half hour. Rich voluptuous shiraz. Previously had it 7 years ago. Hasn't evolved much.
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3/1/2007 - Burgundy Al wrote: 86 Points
Mystery horizontal that ended up as Australia 1997s (Hughes House - Chicago IL): Double blind tasting. Intense ripe black fruit showing much more heat than I prefer. Traces of spice on finish. not greatest balance.
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3/1/2007 - winefool wrote: 93 Points
WineFlock - 1997 Australian Horizontal (My House): Group #6, My #6 - Full crimson purple. Full briary licorice black fruit nose with some oak. Rich black cassis fruit with nice balanced acidity.
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7/20/2006 - ml wrote: 92 Points
Very nice Shiraz, but I think it needs more time. Tons of fruit and tannin; a bit hot on the nose, and definitely sweet with some relatively out-front oak (lots of vanilla). Overall it was good, but I was hoping for more from this bottle, which I've held off on for a long time. Should hold the remaining two for 5+ years.
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3/7/2006 - joshtpa wrote: 92 Points
This was a wonderful wine. On the nose it was quite sharp. Nice currant and liquorice aromas. On the palate it was very plum like and hints of liquorice and black cherry. The finish was long. Almost 30 seconds and still quite sharp and tannic. Wonderful bottle that was enjoyed by all.
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11/6/2005 - Wrighty wrote: 88 Points
Quiet dinner at Allan and Nora's (Allan and Nora's, Sai Kung, Hong Kong): Initially a little chocolate followed by mint and eculyptus; hot and after a while fruit faded to leave a burnt nose. Fore-palate hot and toasty with 'shiraz' blackcurrant mid-palate but dry finish.
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11/10/2001 - graemeg wrote:
Retailer Tasting (Sydney): Warm mineral and chocolate nose whichc follows through on the palate, adding a spicy note. Tannins surprisingly soft and friendly; gee you notice the comparative lack of impact amongst all these 98 vintage wines. Still, I think it’ll be better in the shorter term.
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