D'Arenberg The Amaranthine Single Vineyard Shiraz 2010
D'Arenberg The Amaranthine Single Vineyard Shiraz 2010
Since 1912 the Osborn family have grown grapes and made wine in the picturesque surrounds of McLaren Vale. Today, fourth generation family member Chester Osborn is at the winemaking helm, making distinctive wines using traditional methods in the winery and the vineyard.
Amaranthine - to an artist this means a deep purple-red on his palette. To the wordsmith, eternally beautiful or unfading; everlasting. To fourth generation winemaker Chester Osborn, it is a wine that encapsulates both; a deep red beauty with an appeal which will last a lifetime.
This vineyard has always contributed significantly to our famed wine, The Dead Arm. It was planted in 1968 on an east facing slope in the Beautiful View sub region. The vines generally produce the densest, richest most gutsy shiraz. About a third of the top soil is completely gone producing low yields of very concentrated grapes. Flavours common are chocolate, liquorice and rich sweet earth.
Walking the vineyard rows and tasting grapes, Chester Osborn classifies and determines the ideal picking time for each individual vineyard. Small batches are crushed in the Demoisy open-mouthed, rubber toothed crusher and then transferred to five-tonne headed-down open fermenters. These batches remain separate until final blending. Foot treading is undertaken two thirds of the way through fermentation. When tannin extraction is just right the wine is basket pressed and transferred to a mixture of new and used French and old American oak barriques to complete primary and secondary fermentation. The barrel ferments are aged on lees to keep the wine fresh while also reducing the oak influence. There is no racking until final blending. Chester and the winemaking team undertake an extensive barrel tasting process for the ‘Amazing Sites’ range and only the best shiraz blocks from each vintage are selected.
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