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D'Arenberg The Footbolt Shiraz

The Footbolt Shiraz

£14.75

Size: 75cl

Optn: 2019 Red

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  • Classic McLaren Vale Shiraz, rich, ripe red berry fruits and great fruit length. Typifies why Australian Shiraz is so widely popular
  • This complex wine features fresh mushroom and forest floor characters, aged oak, leather, pipe tobacco, dark fruit, blood orange, charcuterie, peaty earth, and a robust, concentrated core of chewy tannin.
  • This wine showcases a rich, full-bodied style with ripe blackberry, spice, minty peppery notes, a full-flavoured, supple texture, and a velvety finish.

Brief Description

Tasting Notes

Pour in your glass and you will see a crimson-purple colour with a subtle ruby halo. A swirl in the glass and fragrant aromas of dark plum, blackberry fruits, boysenberries, subtle black pepper and a touch of liquorice will come straight up. On the palate is where the wine becomes fascinating. Rich and opulent black fruits, plums, blackberries and boysenberries are intertwined with cured meat, mocha, peppery spices and a plush coat of red cherries. Tannins are ripe and velvety. Acidity, alcohol and oak balance are impeccable, the length ditto.

About

Vineyard: The Oldest of the d'Arenberg blocks were planted in the 1880s with Shiraz, and these still contribute to these wines to this day.

Wine Making: Small batches of grapes are crushed gently 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. The wine is then basket pressed and then transferred to a mixture of new and used French oak barriques to complete fermentation. The barrel ferments are aged on lees, and there is no racking until final blending. This wine does not undertake fining or filtration prior to bottling.

Ideal with...

Beef and pepper stew, barbeque ribs, duck cassoulet, grilled portobello mushrooms, or chili.

Specifications


Country: Australia


Wine Colour: Red

Vintage: 2019

ABV: 14.50

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