D’ARENBERG – DEAD ARM – D’ARENBERG DEAD ARM 2008
Notes de dégustation: La Dead Arm est une maladie de la vigne causée par un champignon, Eutypia Lata, qui attaque les vignobles au hasard dans le monde entier. Il faut souvent tailler très court ou replanter. Sur le vignoble de Dead Arm, taillé à l’origine en Guyot double, une partie de ce double système est devenu du bois mort. Toute l’activité de la vigne se concentre donc dans la partie non attaquée qui elle, produit des petites quantités de raisins de grande intensité aromatique.
Belle robe rubis foncé. Nez très aromatique de fruits noirs, de fenouil, de fleurs rouges, de poivre et d’herbes aromatiques séchées. Le nez est sur l’anis, le poivre noir, le graphite et sur les fruits noirs. C’est séducteur, voluptueux, sur la prune, la mûre et le fruit, réglissé et poivré, ce n’est pas exubérant. D’une grande profondeur avec des tannins soyeux. L’ensemble est d’une grande cohérence et a toutes les composantes d’un grand vin.
LANGTON CLASSIFICATION: EXCEPTIONNEL 96/100 JAMES HALLIDAY 95/100 DECANTER 92/100 INTERNATIONAL CELLAR |
VIN : D’ARENBERG DEAD ARM SHIRZ 2008 |
CHESTER OSBORN: EXPLICATIONS SUR LE VIGNOBLE DE DEAD ARM
Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2008 The Dead Arm Shiraz has a reduced rubber character to begin then pronounced aromas of warm blackberries, licorice, earth, thyme, moss and a whiff of game. Crisp, full and very concentrated in the mouth, it has firm, very fine tannins and a long earthy finish. Give it another year or two in bottle and drink it 2013 to 2020. Robert Partker. The Wine Advocate. 91/100.
NOTES ET COMMENTAIRES
James Halliday 96/100
Australian Wine Companion – « Deep colour; vivid hue; fresh black fruits, licorice, toasty oak and sappy complexity are all evident on the bouquet; the palate is dark and chewy, but falls short of being ponderous, as the wine progresses at an even and stately pace across the palate; excellent execution indeed.
Decanter 95/100
The Dead Arm is consistently Chester’s best wine, and this is a typical example of its old vine concentration. Sweet, dense and rich, but somehow poised and refreshing, with integrated oak, a hint of grilled meat and bright violet, plum and blackberry fruit. As good as the brilliant 2006.
International Wine Cellar 92/100
Glass-staining purple. Dark berries, licorice, Indian spices, violet and cocoa powder on the highly complex nose. Concentrated and tactile, with superb depth and noteworthy definition to the black cherry and dark berry preserve flavors. Wonderfully broad but lively on the long, sappy, penetrating finish. The tannins are chewy but in no way dry or hard. The wine’s excellent fruit will allow for early drinking.
The Wine Advocate WS 91/100
Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2008 The Dead Arm Shiraz has a reduced rubber character to begin then pronounced aromas of warm blackberries, licorice, earth, thyme, moss and a whiff of game. Crisp, full and very concentrated in the mouth, it has firm, very fine tannins and a long earthy finish. Give it another year or two in bottle and drink it 2013 to 2020.
Wine Spectator WS 90/100
Wine Spectator – « This fresh, open-textured Shiraz is generous with its currant and plum fruit, mingling harmoniously with spicy notes on the slightly chalky finish. Drink now through 2016.
Wine Enthusiast 90/100
Concentrated and intense, this wine features a potent whack of oak on the nose, with dark fruit and mocha overtones. There are enough hints of bright, raspberry-tinged fruit to warrant optimism about its aging trajectory, but at the moment it is dark, heavy and slightly scorched. Try after 2017. Cellar Selection.