d'Arenberg

For other uses, see D'Arenberg (disambiguation).

Coordinates: 35°11′53.1″S 138°32′51.1″E / 35.198083°S 138.547528°E / -35.198083; 138.547528

A d'Arenberg wine, a varietal Roussanne.

d'Arenberg is an Australian wine company founded in 1912. All of their vineyards are located in South Australia's McLaren Vale, although some of the wines they make are produced from grapes sourced from the Adelaide Hills and Fleurieu Peninsula. It is now owned by the fourth generation of the Osborn family, headed by Chester Osborn. d'Arenberg are known for the quirky names of their wines, and their specialism in the vines of the Rhone valley. They also produce many of their wines in a traditional manner, using basket pressing for both reds and whites (the only winery in Australia to do so) and leaving the vast majority of the red wines unfiltered and unfined which can cause the wine to throw a sediment in bottle but leaves the flavour intact. The majority of their red wines are suitable for ageing as well as for drinking fairly young and even the cheaper wines show very well after a few years in bottle. Perhaps their best known wine is 'The Dead Arm Shiraz', made from fungus-infected shiraz grape vines.

In 2009 D'Arenberg joined Australian wine alliance First Families of Wine.^[1]^[2]

The Dead Arm Shiraz

The name Dead Arm comes from the disease Eutypa lata which is common in many older vineyards. Eutypa Lata causes grape canker which slowly kills one of the branches of a vine. This reduces the yield of the vine and intensifies the flavor. The grapes for The Dead Arm Shiraz come from these vines in the McLaren Vale region of South Australia. The wine is very rich and full bodied. In recent years, it has become somewhat popular due to good reviews in The Wine Spectator and other publications, as well as an increased worldwide interest in Australian wine.

References

Notes

↑ Simon Evans, The Australian Financial Review, Tuesday 18 August 2009, Page 61
↑ Chris Snow, Decanter Magazine, 17 August 2009, Top Australian wineries team up to push super-premium wines

Bibliography

Woodhouse, Fay; Osborn, Chester; Osborn, Rowen (2012). The Story Behind the Stripe: A 100-year History of d'Arenberg. Milton, Qld: John Wiley & Sons Australia. ISBN 9781118231630.

External links

Australia's first families of Wine

Langton's Classification of Australian Wine VI - Producers

Exceptional	Penfolds Penfolds Bin 95 Grange Shiraz Bass Phillip Brokenwood Chris Ringland Clarendon Hills Clonakilla Cullen Wines Giaconda Estate Grosset Wines Henschke Jim Barry Leeuwin Estate Moss Wood Mount Mary Vineyard Rockford Seppeltsfield Torbreck Wendouree Wynns Coonawarra Estate

Outstanding	Balnaves Bannockburn Barossa Valley Estate Bass Phillip Best's Bindi Cape Mentelle Chambers Rosewood Vineyards Crawford River d'Arenberg Dalwhinnie De Bortoli Wines Domaine A Glaetzer Wines Grant Burge Greenock Creek Grosset Wines Henschke Houghton Wines Jasper Hill Kaesler Katnook Estate Kay Brothers Amery Main Ridge Estate McWilliam's Mount Mary Vineyard Noon Winery Paringa Estate Penfolds Peter Lehmann Pierro Margaret River Vineyards Rockford Seppelt Tahbilk Tyrrell's Vasse Felix Wendouree Wolf Blass Woodlands Wynns Coonawarra Estate Yalumba

Excellent	Best's Bowen Estate By Farr Castagna Charles Melton Wines Coldstream Hills Coriole Craiglee d'Arenberg Dalwhinnie Elderton Wines Fox Creek Freycinet Vineyards Giaconda Estate Grosset Wines Hardys Henschke Howard Park Wines John Duval Wines Kalleske Katnook Estate Kilikanoon Lake's Folly Langmeil Leeuwin Estate Leo Buring Lindeman's Majella McWilliam's Mount Langi Ghiran Mount Mary Vineyard Noon Winery Paringa Estate Parker Coonawarra Estate Penfolds Petaluma Pewsey Vale Primo Estate Rolf Binder Veritas Sally's Paddock Salvaterre Seppeltsfield St Hallett St Hugo Tim Adams Torbreck Turkey Flat Tyrrell's Vasse Felix

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