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1999
d'Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz
(750ml)
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Producer: |
d'Arenberg Vineyards and Winery
darenberg.com.au
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| Appellation: |
McLaren Vale - South Australia - Australia
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| Type: |
red
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| Varietal: |
Shiraz
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Drink |
| Rating: |
Outstanding |
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$75.00 |
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Tasting Notes:
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rated:
September 30, 2002
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Wine Spectator
winespectator.com
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91 points
"Polished, round and generous with its cherry, berry and spice flavors, hinting at vanilla and smoke on the ripe finish. This favors grace over power. Drink now through 2007. 1,000 cases imported. (HS)"
Best 2002-2007
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October 20, 2002
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Robert Parker
erobertparker.com
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96 points
"This estate's most renowned offering is their old vine Shiraz (90+ year old vines) called The Dead Arm. The unfined/unfiltered 1999 The Dead Arm Shiraz (2,000 cases) was aged in 100% new oak, of which 70% was American and 30% French. It is about as natural and unmanipulated a product of the vineyard as one can find. Full-bodied and awesomely rich, notes of black pepper, licorice, and blackberry as well as cherry liqueur cascade over the palate with enormous concentration and intensity, high tannin, and a structured, muscular style. Give it 3-4 years of cellaring, and consume it over the following 2-3 decades. It is a timeless museum piece made in a style that can only be produced in Barossa or McLaren Vale."
Best 2005-2032
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December 17, 2005
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The Wine Advocate
erobertparker.com
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95 points
"One of this estate’s flagship wines, the 2003 The Dead Arm Shiraz appears to be better than the 2002. A deeper, richer, fuller-bodied offering that spent time in equal parts French and American oak, it possesses an opaque purple color, great intensity, and a fabulously sweet nose of blackberries, cassis, asphalt, earth, and oak. Powerful, super-concentrated, and obviously fashioned from low yields and old vines, this is a classic McLaren Vale old vine Shiraz that should age nicely for 15+ years."
Best 2005-2020
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June 8, 2006
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jerome dobson
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96 points
Best 2005-2032
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April 21, 2007
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Patrick Sommers
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94 points
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