d'Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz McLaren Vale 2019 NO20230809 a thrilling and more accessible

a thrilling and more accessible window into the same hallowed terroir

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

from a vineyard you can find on a map

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

Working with minimal reserve wines

d'Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz McLaren Vale 2019 NO20230809 a thrilling and more accessibleThe 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