d’Arry’s Original Shiraz Grenache

d’Arry’s Original Shiraz Grenache from d’Arenberg, another legendary australian wine.

The Characteristics

d’Arry’s Original Shiraz Grenache. A d’Arenberg classic, perfect for every occasion. Highly aromatic, with pretty red fruits and exotic spice. Dark and vibrant
ruby red colour with a perfumed bouquet of red and black berries. The palate is medium bodied and delicious, showing wild
strawberry, dried cranberry and rhubarb flavours. There’s some nice dried herb and baking spice nuances to this wine. Fine and
velvety tannins are supported by decent amounts of acidity. An extremely savoury and long finish makes this wine irresistible.

The Name

First released in 1993, this wine was renamed d’Arry’s Original in honour of third generation family member Francis
d’Arenberg Osborn, universally known as d’Arry, to honour his lifelong services to the wine industry.

The Winemaking

Small batches of grapes are gently crushed and then transferred to five tonne headed down open fermenters. These batches
remain separate until final blending. Foot treading is undertaken two thirds of the way through fermentation. The wine is then
basket pressed and transferred to a mixture of new and used French oak barriques to complete fermentation. The barrel ferments
are aged on lees, and there is no racking until final blending. This wine does not undertake fining or filtration prior to bottling.

The Vintage

The preceding winter was beautifully wet, flushing the soil of salts and filling the soil profile. Spring too was above average,
with rainfalls up until November which was almost completely dry. November was hotter than normal which upset the setting
of berries. Just as well as the bunch number was way up. Two inches of rain in early February was much appreciated by the
relatively large crops. Where crops where smaller, berry size grew. The heat produced a fast flowering, set, and speedy berry
development leading to an early veraison and the equal earliest start of vintage on record. A few days in a row around
35°C in February rapidly ripened early lower cropping vineyards. From then on, the vintage was mild and dry. Average
temperatures for autumn were down. Some nice 30°C days late March and early April helped finish ripening of bigger crops and
late ripening varieties.

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d’Arry’s Original Shiraz Grenache