d'Arenberg

The Dead Arm Shiraz 2006

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  Vintage 2005
  94 points www.winefront.com.au

Again, as with the Dead Arm and RSW Shiraz, I tasted this alongside its peer, the Wirra Wirra Angelus. Two contrasting styles that, I think, highlight the different philosophies of each winery. The Wirra wines are more modern, seductive and lush, with fat ripe tannins and plenty of polish

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  Vintage 2005
  93 points erobertparker.com

The 1995 coats the palate with a viscous display of minty eucalyptus and cassis-like flavors. This opaque purple-colored, thick, heavy, unevolved, full-bodied, sumo-wrestler of a wine is splendidly concentrated and dense. In spite of being aged in 100% new oak, the wine gives little evidence of toasty new wood, a tribute to the extraordinary concentration of fruit, which has soaked up the wood. It should drink well for 15 years.