Deep Purple red almost inky at the centre. Rich aromas of roasted ripe blackberries, licorice. Maybe a little chocolate. Strong harsh dark berries, bordering on overripe. Coarse tannins. Typical shiraz notes of spicy licorice. Long long tangy fruity finish. Acidic and Tannic. Still great. Buy more!
Great wine with a number of years life in it yet. Worth getting a few to age. This is slap you in the face Aussie, intense in fruit, acid and tannins. Excellent wine for combining with food.
24.11.05
2
11.49
Shiraz & Co.
03.10.05
1
11.49
Shiraz & Co.
Alcohol: 15%
In its youth d'Arry's Original display a bright magenta like brick red colour. The nose invariably attacks with lifted spicy cinnamon plum, mulberry & prune aromas. Typically cherry, wild strawberry & lolly-like musk smells also, as well as tighter liquorice, spice, rosemary & fennel smells.
Hints of coffee & caramel on the nose are usually quite evident on the palate; a backdrop for cherry-raspberry & richer mulberry-blackberry primary fruit. The palate is typically d'Arenberg & McLaren Vale, soft & rich in the middle, rolling on to a soft but slightly piquant acid/tannin finish.
Coffee, mocha, chocolate & leather emerge as dominant older fruit aromas flavours alongside gamey, earthy, cedar like & minty smells. The classic hallmark of peppery-spicy character develops & the velvety texture remains. Occasionally, dried sour cherry aromas & ever so slightly bitter blackberry tannin on the palate develop, increasing the wine's food applicability.
