2011 d'Arenberg Shiraz The Footbolt

Community Tasting Notes (14) Median Score: 89 points

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  2/19/2022 - Shoozandbagz wrote: 77 Points

  Smoky pleasant

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  8/14/2021 - Shoozandbagz wrote: 80 Points

  Dark fruits soft tannins pleasant drink

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  2/8/2020 - hkm520240 wrote: 89 Points

  Surprisingly still drinking very well after 9 years. Soft and supple, it has plenty fruit flavours of blackberry, cherry along with spice and smoke. Definitely a great QPR wine.

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  7/25/2018 - ChrisPage Likes this wine: 89 Points

  I generally like The Footbolt for a quaff. Relatively consistent, good QPR - even better with a bit of development.
  Typical ripe dark berries and rich red cherries on the nose, chocolate, undergrowth, leather. A bit denser than the younger vintages.
  Decent palate, a little jammy and muddled. Dark fruits, plums initially, cherries in the finish, a lingering bottle funk. Still relatively tight tannins which could still stand to have some time to relax but I’m not convinced it’ll show too much more.

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  4/15/2016 - FierceRedPanda Likes this wine: 87 Points

  Blackberry, smoke, and pepper. A bit more acid and tannin than some of the better vintages of this wine. Really hard. Paired well with a steak, but not the best Footbolt I've had.

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