d'Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz McLaren Vale 2019 NO20230809 French oak — but with

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

It's cloudy

The 2006 vintage showcases the vineyard's raw power—black licorice

the cellar work is patient

d'Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz McLaren Vale 2019 NO20230809 French oak — but withThe 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