d'Arenberg, d'Arry's Original Shiraz Grenache, McLaren Vale

Found a lone bottle of this lurking in the cellar. I have never tasted any vintage of this wine. I have only a little experience with Grenache blends. I love MV and I know d'Arenberg is a good producer, but I only have limited experience with their wine. Colour: between ruby and garnet. Nose: white chocolate. A beautiful complex intense dried red fruit perfume that I am finding difficult to describe. Dusty tannin that diminishes with time. As the wine …

2006 vintage

Even after 15 years this wine was very enjoyable. Had been stored well.

2006 vintage

Excellent, classic, 14.5% alc. Colour: red berry, brick red, slight browning Bouquet: aged Grenache fruit dominates - floral, chocolate, jammy character, licorice Palate: Shiraz more dominant on palate. Developed fruit, licorice and tar, boot polish, spicey, but with a floral lift - a bit like Shiraz with Viognier. Full bodied, big soft tannins, long clean finish. June 2015

1996 vintage

The wine looks inky colored. The legs are medium. There is heavy sediment in the bottle. It smells like cherry, plum and prune. It tastes like chocolate. The body is medium/full. The wine has round texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has low acidity.

2001 vintage

This is the end of its life, still decent, losing its structure.

2007 vintage

Robe de couleur: Bourgogne-brunattre très foncé, Bouquet présent, Bouquet: Petit fruit, datte, confiture de fraise, fumer, boisé; Corsé; Arômes en bouche: Date, fruit rouge, terre, boisé, Rond, 3 ans cellier, belle équilibre, décanter 30min

2007 vintage

Great aged characters, lavendar on the nose, super fine powdery tannins with mulberry fruit - some spice and acid lingering at the back with pot pourri coming through - approaching peak but not there yet

2007 vintage

consistent with notes of 6/3/2013

2007 vintage

needed about an hour to open up, but then revealed a very pleasing tart cherry/sweet raspberry profile, balanced with leather/smoke tones.

2007 vintage

Same comment than the last one.Excellent wine maker,

2001 vintage

The wine looks Garnet colored. It smells like Prune, and Plum. It tastes like and Tobacco. The body is Medium/Full. The wine has Leathery texture.

2001 vintage

Blackberries, black currant, dark chocolate, cigarbox, vanilla, earthiness and sweet spice on the nose. Blackberries, sweet spice, cedar and vanilla on the nose. Medium acidity, and med/med-low tannins. Drinking very well now, but should hold up for at least another 2-3 years.

2001 vintage

(Brunner 2 of 3: Post-Australia Day BBQ@Geoff's w Ads, Just, Mich&Bo, Derek&Tessa, Craig, Mike) Dark garnet in glass. Concentrated dark juicy berries and violets on the nose, with some glycerol and alcohol notes. Certainly hot. Taste is cool and sweet with tobacco, savory juicy red fruits and chicken stock, held up together with soft velvety tannins, ending on a clean, short serve.

2006 vintage

Red fruit, spice, and earth, with good acidity and a long finish. Recognizably New World, but restrained; it's not jammy, hot, or sweet, as Ozzie wines are too often. Likely to be a crowd-pleaser.

2007 vintage

Mighty great wine for under $20, D'Arenberg always does well at all price points, this is one of their best wines for the money, though they are all great. Inky appearance, fruit nose and jammy/plummy/earthy taste with a good finish. It seemed a little tight (young) at first, but opened up wonderfully. May be at its peak in another 12-18 months, but it is great now. Fairly robust for being 50% Grenache...the Grenache fruit is not timid and only tones …

2007 vintage

Compared to the D'Arenberg "stump jump" shiraz this shiaz/ grenache blend is better all around. Both are good with food, but I like d'arry's original blend all by itself too.

2007 vintage

Great nose, lovely spice and acid - with balanced rich fruit - will continue to improve & integrate out over the next few years

2007 vintage

Dark cherry color with an orange/brown rim. Aromas of cherry, cassis, black berry, earthiness, and black pepper. Tannins have definitely mellowed over the years. A good wine but not in its prime.

2001 vintage

2012 Hospice du Rhone Seminar IV: d'Arenberg with Chester Osborn; 4/27/2012-4/28/2012 (Hospice du Rhone, Paso Robles, California) : From magnum - medium dark red violet color; VA, tart plum nose; mature, tart plum, herb palate with medium acidity; medium-plus finish (50/50 Shiraz/Grenache)

2006 vintage

I like this wine very much. Nice bouquet of berries and a touch sweet. Medium finish. Decent QPR.

2007 vintage

Rustic with deep black fruit. Rather enjoyable blend. Nice nose and QPR. May buy more of this one....although my wife did not like it much...took a sip and went back to her pinot...guess that makes more for me!

2007 vintage

Un vin d'une robe rubis de teinte moyenne à foncé ... beaucoup de nez donnant sur les fruits noirs et bien murs ... des tannins bien arrondis sur les fruits noirs gorgés de soleil avec une pointe de bois en rétro olfaction ... La longueur en bouche est la seule caractéristique qui manque pour lui octroyer une note de 90 ...

2007 vintage

The color is a deep purple with only a little light coming through when held up against the chandelier. Strong Vanilla and Caramel on the nose with sweet ripe blackberries. There is a light sweetness on the palate. The fruit in this bottle is still strong. The tannis are light and under control with very little acid. Its aging very nicely and I wish i had purchased more bottles.

2001 vintage

My first Australian CDR clone. Had this at a BBQ and drank it with Chili Stingray - spice on spice, my tongue went on fire! Decent, plummy fruits but lacks depth and elegance. But should I be looking for this in a CDR or CDP? Not familiar with the standards to judge sufficiently.

2007 vintage

Aroma: eucalyptus, plum Palate, raisons, dusty, mulchy, a bit sweet

2007 vintage

Simple but pleasant wine, lots of red fruit, medium bodied and soft tannins, great value for the $.

2007 vintage

A little to over the top for me to be very good to excellent.

2007 vintage

This is a lovely medium bodied wine. Raspberries and a nice chunk of topsoil on the nose; just a huge deliciousness factor on the palate which shows bright and pure red fruits. There is a dryness which holds at bay any OTT characteristics often found in other big Aussie reds. More finely boned than I was expecting. Good acidity, a trace of oak on the finish, some brambliness too. This is so nearly a 90 pointer!

2007 vintage

Very dry, pleasant

2007 vintage

Pleasant and warm Rhone blend. Ok but nothing special.

2007 vintage

A bit simple and on the sweet side, good food wine, for the price, no complain.

2007 vintage

nice, complex and fun to drink!

2007 vintage

Clearly, I haven't picked up my Lodi wine shipment lately. I have 2 quarterly shipments of wine to grab... Tomorrow!!!

2006 vintage

Easy drinker. Paired well with spicy tarako spaghetti & sweet potato fries. Plenty of heat on the tongue, but it doesn't overwhelm the ripe fruits.

2006 vintage

Had this on boxing day, after a different aussie Shiraz/Viognier (Yaluma) and it did not compare at all favourably. The other was a far more interesting wine, better balanced. This was a big aussie fruit bomb. Surprisingly so, since I have always enjoyed d'Arenberg wines. Would not buy again.

2007 vintage

Weak

2006 vintage

d'Arenberg do so many wines better than this! Do not let this taint your view. Lots of hot pepper and burnt coffee on the nose with Coffee, cough sweets, apple skin and more black pepper on the palate. @ d'Arenberg tasting with Claire Scott. West London Wine School.

2007 vintage

On the palate, that typical ozzie oak/vanilla style, spice, finishes hot. I don't know why i keep giving oz the benefit of the doubt. With that being said if you like coconut alcohol monsters, this might be your thing.

2006 vintage

Consistent with prior two bottles in this case. Good food friendly Shiraz-Grenache blend. Well worth the price.

2006 vintage

Similar to last tasting with one difference, let sit in the cellar for two days after opened with Vacu-seal. This wine did not get flabby, but quite the contrary developed warm secondary flavors of rich dark berry and carmel. I would highly recommend this bottle as a great all around table red, with mixed fare.

2006 vintage

Nice bottle of wine. Berries (Strawberries?) and spice(pepper?) on the nose. More or less the same on the palate.

2006 vintage

Dark Purple. Candied black and blue fruit, bright floral aspects such as lilac, a and sandle-wood on the nose. For the higher alcohol content, this is not hot. The fruit easily compensates. The is more of a Black Cherry, and earth tone to the attack. Finish lingers for a good thirty seconds, with some cigar and expresso aspects. This bottle has a nice blend of tannins and acidity. Definitely new world Rhone style blend, but it has a easy way …

2006 vintage

I don't know if I'm getting too used to the Languedoc but this vintage didn't taste as good as the '04. It lacks varietal character, depth and it is one dimensional. It's definitely more new world in style this time around.

2006 vintage

Gorgeous extract, this is some seriously mouth filling rasberry and plum juice balanced perfectly with not too much oak Quaff on!!

2006 vintage

Australia Trip : Tasted at the winery. Heavily acidic, which distracted from an otherwise very nice wine. Flavors of dark fruits integrated with terroir and spices. (Doris 86)

2006 vintage

Mycket gott! Många smaker, god eftersmak. Inte så mycket tanniner.

2006 vintage

Doesn't make you sit up and take notice, but good all around wine, particularly with food. Even better on day 2.

2006 vintage

The wine looks Purple colored. The legs are Slow. It smells like Black currant (cassis), Forest floor, and Chocolate. It tastes like Coffee, Plum, and Tobacco. The body is Full. The wine has Round texture. The wine finishes Long.

2001 vintage

Good food wine, a little too much acid on it's own. Easy drinking, nice use of oak. Good QFP.

2006 vintage

Medium intensity, Ruby red colour, Alots of red berries on the nose with nice oak intergration. On the Palate, medium bodied to full bodied, rich, sour, slightly salty after taste. A very nice food wine with good savoury mouthfeel.

2006 vintage

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