Made from 100% Shiraz, the 2009 The Vintage Fortified Shiraz gives a very deep garnet-black color and is intensely scented of warm plums, blackberry and black cherry compote, black olives and salami with hints of chocolate and licorice. Very full, rich and concentrated, it gives a good backbone of crisp acidity and firm, chewy tannins, finishing long with some notes of the brandy poking through. Drink it now to 2019+. The d’Arenberg winery is 100 years old with a fourth generation Osbourne in charge today of this now considerable operation. Graduated from Roseworthy College in 1983, Chester was expected by his father to change things when he took over the family business. Instead he went back to tradition rather than modernizing. In the d’Arenberg vineyards there is no cultivating, fertilizing or herbicides used – Chester compares these artificial means to growing plants hydroponically. Looking to continually improve the root systems of his vines, he rarely irrigates. Average yields are 1.7 tons per acre. “2011 was actually a great year for us,” Chester informed me. “We didn’t have any problems with rot.”Importer: Old Bridge Cellars, Napa, CA, www.oldbridgecellars.com

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