d'Arenberg Footbolt Shiraz 2003
Syrah/Shiraz
from McLaren Vale, Australia
winemaker's notes:
Outstanding dark, rich, intense and spicy Aussie Shiraz. Four decades of young d'Arenberg Shiraz have been very consistent in color, a deep red-purple, then the immediate hallmarks of spicy, lifted ripe peppery mulberry and blackberry fruit aromas. Richer chocolate, stewed plum mint and spicy, cedary pepper smells and often cinnamon follow the initial attack of primary fruit characters.
The Footbolt Shiraz palate is consistently well structured as a young wine, with terrific fruit and oak tannin providing great texture to support plum, blackcurrant and rolling blackberry flavors especially on the mid-palate. Often dark chocolate characters are quite evident too. This is followed by a traditional, long, velvety, fine-grained tannin finish.
On the tongue, The Footbolt Shiraz maintains a wonderfully textured palate with significant bottle age. Gentle, grainy black olive flavors balance the sweeter coffee, chocolate and occasional mint characters. Malty, earthy and distinctly savory characters on the rich middle palate dominate against soft tannin and piquant acidity.
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user reviews:
The top 3 most liked reviews for this wine.
A Customer - Shenzhen China
I tried this wine last night and found the winemakers notes to be surprisingly accurate with the exception that the cinnamon was not so obvious to me. It will certainly age well judging by the taste in Jan 2007.It was certainly typical of the South Australian style of Shiraz rather than the French.
