d'Arenberg, McLaren Vale, The Dead Arm, Shiraz 2008 Petit Sirah 91 points Int'l Wine Cellar

91 points Int'l Wine Cellar

and not as sweet as the nose suggests despite showing almost candied dark fruit flavors

Bud burst took place early in April and flowering around the end of May

This should be a delight over the next half dozen years

The maceration lasts at least three weeks with some punching down and pumping over

d'Arenberg, McLaren Vale, The Dead Arm, Shiraz 2008 Petit Sirah 91 points Int'l Wine CellarDead Arm is a vine disease caused by the fungus Eutypa Lata that randomly affects vineyards all over the world. Often vines affected are severely pruned or replanted. One half, or an 'arm' of the vine slowly becomes reduced to dead wood. That side may be lifeless and brittle, but the grapes on the other side, while low yielding, display amazing intensity. 96 James Halliday Deep colour; vivid hue; fresh black fruits, licorice, toasty oak and sappy