d'Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz McLaren Vale 2019 CS20231026 now under the Roederer family's

now under the Roederer family's wing

Elegant and precise

subtle floral undertones

Starting with the 2013 base (commercialized in early 2022)

with ripe tannins and bright acidity that give the wine an elegant

d'Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz McLaren Vale 2019 CS20231026 now under the Roederer family'sThe 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