dArenberg Derelict Vineyard Grenache
$3199each
$383DOZEN
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Fruit Grenache
Regions McLaren Vale
  South Australia
Each $31.99
$383.00
Available by the dozen
McLaren Vale was planted to Grenache long ago, when pioneers established plots of vine on their homestead farms. Grenache became rather unfashionable towards the middle of the twentieth century, Chester Osborn had the vision to acquire many of these overgrown and abandoned bush vineyards. To the layman's eye, they still look like derelict old sites, but they yield precious harvests of the most outstanding fruit. A concentrated wine with depth and complexity, oozing lozenges of winegum and prettily perfumed purple fruits.
There are no secrets at d'Arenberg, each grape must be the finest that McLaren Vale can produce and all wines are made by hand, to the most exacting standards under the meticulous scrutiny of Chester Osborn. The aim is to make the most generously proportioned, brilliantly balanced wines, supported by sound structure and just the right amount of oak. Small batches are gently crushed and fermented, basket pressed and filled to a selection of well seasoned French and American barriques for completion, aged on lees, assembled and finished without fining or filtration.
TASTING NOTES
Bright garnet red. Vigorous Grenache perfumes, plums and blueberry, raspberries, an undercurrent of earthyness and game. Full bodied palate, generous over chalky tannins, succulent acidity, lively and mouthwatering, refinement after a term of bottle age, smoothing edges whilst maintaining youthful appeal. The oak is totally integrated and allows the fruit characters to star, will go perfectly with juicy steak or gourmandise game.
Wines by dArenberg
dArenberg Coppermine Road Cabernet
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Fruit Cabernet Sauvignon
Regions McLaren Vale
  South Australia
  Each $70.99
  $851.00
Available in cases of 6
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dArenberg Custodian Grenache
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Fruit Grenache
Regions McLaren Vale
  South Australia
  Each $21.99
  $263.00
Available by the dozen
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dArenberg dArrys Original Shiraz Grenache
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Fruit Shiraz Grenache
Regions McLaren Vale
  South Australia
  Each $21.99
  $263.00
Available by the dozen
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dArenberg Dead Arm Shiraz
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Fruit Shiraz
Regions McLaren Vale
  South Australia
  Each $74.99
  $899.00
Available in cartons of six
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dArenberg Derelict Vineyard Grenache
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Fruit Grenache
Regions McLaren Vale
  South Australia
  Each $31.99
  $383.00
Available by the dozen
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dArenberg Dry Dam Riesling
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Fruit Riesling
Regions McLaren Vale
  South Australia
  Each $21.99
  $263.00
Available by the dozen
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dArenberg Footbolt Shiraz
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Fruit Shiraz
Regions McLaren Vale
  South Australia
  Each $22.99
  $275.00
Available by the dozen
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dArenberg Galvo Garage
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Fruit CabernetSauv Merlot PetitVerdot
Regions McLaren, Adelaide Hills
  South Australia
  Each $32.99
  $395.00
Available in cartons of six
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dArenberg Hermit Crab Marsanne Viognier
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Fruit Marsanne Viognier
Regions McLaren Vale
  South Australia
  Each $19.99
  $239.00
Available by the dozen
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dArenberg High Trellis Cabernet Sauvignon
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Fruit Cabernet Sauvignon
Regions McLaren Vale
  South Australia
  Each $21.99
  $263.00
Available by the dozen
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dArenberg Ironstone Pressings GSM
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Fruit Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre
Regions McLaren Vale
  South Australia
  Each $72.99
  $875.00
Available in cases of 6
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dArenberg Laughing Magpie Shiraz Viognier
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Fruit Shiraz Viognier
Regions McLaren Vale
  South Australia
  Each $31.99
  $383.00
Available by the dozen
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dArenberg Money Spider Roussanne
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Fruit Roussanne
Regions McLaren Vale
  South Australia
  Each $21.99
  $263.00
Available by the dozen
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dArenberg Olive Grove Chardonnay
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Fruit Chardonnay
Regions McLaren Adelaide
  South Australia
  Each $19.99
  $239.00
Available by the dozen
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dArenberg Peppermint Paddock Sparkling Chambourcin
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Fruit Chambourcin
Regions McLaren Vale
  South Australia
  Each $30.99
  $371.00
Available in cartons of six
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dArenberg Pollyanna Pinot Chardonnay Meunier
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Fruit PinotNoir Chardonnay PinotMeunier
Regions McLaren Vale
  South Australia
  Each $33.99
  $407.00
Available in cases of 6
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dArenberg Sticks Stones Tempranillo Grenache
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Fruit Tempranillo Grenache Souzao TintaCao
Regions McLaren Vale
  South Australia
  Each $30.99
  $371.00
Available by the dozen
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dArenberg Wild Pixie Shiraz Roussanne
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Fruit Shiraz Roussanne
Regions McLaren Vale
  South Australia
  Each $31.99
  $383.00
Available in cartons of six
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About dArenberg Wines
The heart of McLaren Vale, past and present, d’Arenberg is one of the most significant wineries in Australia
In 1912 Joseph Osborn, a teetotaller and director of Thomas Hardy and Sons, purchased the well established Milton Vineyards of 25 hectares in the hills just north of the townships of Gloucester and Bellevue, now known as McLaren Vale. Joseph’s son Francis Ernest (‘Frank’) Osborn left medical school, choosing to forsake the scalpel for pruning shears. He soon increased the size of the vineyard to 78 hectares. Fruit was sold to local wineries until the construction of his own cellars was completed in 1928. Dry red table and fortified wines were produced in ever increasing quantities to supply the expanding markets of Europe. dArenberg»