2006 d'Arenberg Grenache The Derelict Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 88.9 points

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  5/21/2019 - mphatic Likes this wine:

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  Bright, dark, red-crimson with bricking at rim.
  
  A note of smoky raspberry, Provence herbs, cherry, and lifted pepper notes.
  
  Beautiful fruit sweetness now integrated with the rest of the wine. Tannins are now fully resolved and the wine is acid-driven. Excellent length. A touch of alcohol heat, but rather than distract, it sort of adds to the pleasure and aromatic profile of the wine.
  
  Opinion: Wish I hadn’t consumed most of these too early. Good drinking now. One out of the box for affordable Aussie Grenache from this era.

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  2/22/2018 - gjv115 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Wish I had waited on the rest. This is what this wine is supposed to be like. Rich, fruity, balanced, phenomenal.
  
  Bummed I drank the others too young.

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  10/8/2015 - Winiac wrote: 90 Points

  Spicy with sweet fruit. Not super oaky as you would think from Australia medium to full body.

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  4/24/2014 - rednick@internode.on.net wrote:

  Sublime, musk & pot pourri - wonderfully resolved fruit - smooth dusky tannins with soft cherry flavours and still a hint of pepper and oak at the end - at it's peak but will hold for a while longer

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  1/16/2014 - mphatic wrote:

  Spicy raspberry and licorice on the nose. Raspberry and darker spices on the palate. Firm oak tannins.
  This has put on weight and complexity since release but probably won’t get much more exciting than it is now.

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