d'Arenberg The Ironstone Pressings Grenache/Shiraz 2007 75cl

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Colour
Red
Vintage
2007
Producer
d'Arenberg
Country
AUSTRALIA
Region
MCLAREN VALE
Alcohol
14.5%
Product code
14ARE130B2007
Availability
1 case
Grape Variety
70% Grenache, 25% Shiraz, 5% Mourvedre

Tasting Notes

A very deep, concentrated red with a very dark centre and edges of red-toned hues suggesting a full-bodied oak matured wine. The initial aromas are dominated with fragrant red fruits over spices and liquorice/earthy notes. As it breathes more obvious notes of loganberries, cranberry and mulberry fruits with maraschino cherry, dark chocolate and intense plum notes. There is an impressive background of fine-grain, cedary oak notes.

Vinification Details.

Each batch of fruit received was gently crushed in our Demoisy open-mouthed, rubber-toothed crusher so as many of the berries as possible remained whole. They were then transferred to open fermenters were the must of seeds and skins were permanently submerged beneath the free run juice. The must received no plunging or pumping over while fermentation occurred. Halfway through the primary fermentation, traditional foot-treading and basket pressing occurs when the desired tannin levels are reached. The combined free run and pressing components were then transferred to barrel to complete primary and malolactic fermentation.

Producer Information

Joseph Rowe Osborn, founder of d'Arenberg and patron of the turf, bought his first McLaren Vale vineyards with the winnings of his racehorse, Footbolt, whose name lives on in Shiraz form. His grandson d'Arry and great-grandson Chester inherited the business and have built it into one of Australia's best loved wineries. The last decade has seen Chester develop a range of white wines every bit as individual and thrilling as the reds with which the company made its name. With the iconic red stripe labels and funky names d'Arenberg's wines have a loyal following, eager for more of the rich, concentrated fruit for which they are famous.

Regional info.

McLaren Vale wines are distinguished by their ripeness and elegance. It excels at producing Shiraz, Grenache, Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay. The soils of McLaren Vale vary greatly and are very randomly distributed because the area is made up of glacial deposits, beach sand and limestone. Vines are planted on a wide variety of soils including podsolic soils of low fertility, fertile red-brown earths, terra rossa, rendzina, soldolic and dark cracking soils. McLaren Vale's climate is of the Mediterranean type: warm dry summers and cool wet winters, with low relative humidity and relatively high evaporation.

In McLaren Vale, the risk of rainfall or frost during the harvest period is rare and this is one of the reasons why the region is such a marvellously predictable place to grow grapes and make premium wines.

d'Arenberg's love affair with Grenache reaches its pinnacle with The Ironstone Pressings. The original block planted in 1918, on the lower side of the winery, has a plentiful amount of ironstone throughout the soil structures, which enhances the body and tannin structure of the wine.

Many of the old vine vineyards are grown on an array of soils from deep sand over clay, loam over limestone, classic terra rossa, and red shallow clays to hard rock and shale based soils. The complex variation of the soils influences the ripening of the fruit to a point where we pick individual parts of the vineyard at different times to maximise flavour profile.

More information

makers name

Chester d’Arenberg Osborn

wine ph

3.45