d'Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz McLaren Vale 2019 NO20230809 the Tadami River

the Tadami River

from a vineyard you can find on a map

this is a masterclass in how fermentation science and unconventional grains can push bourbon in new directions

French oak — but with a higher proportion of Merlot and younger vines

Brovia's approach is refreshingly uncompromising: organic farming without certification

d'Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz McLaren Vale 2019 NO20230809 the Tadami RiverThe Dead Arm is d'Arenberg's flagship Shiraz, named for a vine disease (eutypa lata) that withers half the vine and concentrates the fruit on what survives. This is McLaren Vale at full intensity, from a fourth generation South Australian estate run by the gleefully eccentric Chester Osborn. The wine is made from ancient, low yielding vines and basket pressed in the old way for a powerful, deeply structured Shiraz. The 2019 is dense and built to age