1998 d'Arenberg d'Arry's Original Shiraz/Grenache

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 89.3 points

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  10/5/2018 - rmarkey Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Excellent, similar comments to last two years. Classic style. Last bottle.
  Colour: dark red/black berry, dark chocolate, some browning
  Bouquet: licorice, aromatic sweet Grenache fruit, touches of leather and vanilla
  Palate: as bouquet, dusty dark fruits, blackberry and raspberry, and blueberry, black cherries and olives, white pepper, biggish very soft tannins, some cough medicine character, a little spirity, long finish with good acid.
  October 2018

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  8/26/2018 - mk42 wrote:

  Tasty, blackberry. No tannins left. Smooth. End of life, or a bit past.

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  8/20/2017 - rmarkey Likes this wine: 88 Points

  very good, 14% alc., similar comments to a year ago. Drink up though, because it's lost most fruit character
  Colour: dark red berry, dusty, slight browning
  Bouquet: raspberry and spice, vegemite, pepper, dusty, dry
  Palate: as bouquet, some spirit character after long breathing, big tannins very full bodied, smokey, a little harsh, long acid finish, very savoury
  September 2017

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  10/17/2016 - rmarkey Likes this wine: 89 Points

  very good, 14% alc.
  Colour: deep black berry
  Bouquet: raspberry and spice, pepper
  Palate: as bouquet, some spirit character after long breathing, big tannins very full bodied, smokey, a little harsh
  October 2016

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  9/19/2013 - Bernard Shen Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Bright ruby with slight bricking at the rim, wonderful nose, palate was cherries, raspberries, leather, slight savoury notes, well balanced, fine tannins, burst of acid. Probably still has years on it surprisingly, but in a good drinking window now.

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