d'Arenberg
The Dry Dam McLaren Vale Riesling
McLaren Vale, Fleurieu, South Australia, Australia
This is from adelaide - peach nutmeg spice - nice finish peachy floral spuce -little tiny bit of RS
This is from adelaide - peach nutmeg spice - nice finish peachy floral spuce -little tiny bit of RS
Oct 17th, 2018
Could become my Go To midweek Riesling. Floral notes with some mineral. A lush fruit driven palate with a little residual sugar at 10.3% Alc. An excellent quaffer and crowd pleaser.
Could become my Go To midweek Riesling. Floral notes with some mineral. A lush fruit driven palate with a little residual sugar at 10.3% Alc. An excellent quaffer and crowd pleaser.
Sep 1st, 2018
Medium intensity petro, lemon, lime and white florals on the nose. Semi-sweet in style. Tropicals, lemon/lime, fruit blossoms, underripe green melon, light petro quality and beautifully soft minerals. d'Arenberg is like a 1920's factory. They push out around 3 million bottles a year. I'm not sure how they do it in such a dated facility that is so extremely tight quartered. They built this new crazy cube building. I'll show it in an upcoming post. It's all dedicated to adding various different visitor experiences. It's sort of an eyesore considering the McLaren Vale landscape. It also must have cost a fortune. I would have spent the money on new winemaking facilities first in an effort to continue to push the wine quality. To date, this was one of the more dated but also unclean winemaking facilities I've seen and I've seen a lot all over the world. Very surprising and even more surprising choice how to prioritize their Estate investments! Photos of their branding tent as you drive in and their old 1920's factory look.
Medium intensity petro, lemon, lime and white florals on the nose. Semi-sweet in style. Tropicals, lemon/lime, fruit blossoms, underripe green melon, light petro quality and beautifully soft minerals. d'Arenberg is like a 1920's factory. They push out around 3 million bottles a year. I'm not sure how they do it in such a dated facility that is so extremely tight quartered. They built this new crazy cube building. I'll show it in an upcoming post. It's all dedicated to adding various different visitor experiences. It's sort of an eyesore considering the McLaren Vale landscape. It also must have cost a fortune. I would have spent the money on new winemaking facilities first in an effort to continue to push the wine quality. To date, this was one of the more dated but also unclean winemaking facilities I've seen and I've seen a lot all over the world. Very surprising and even more surprising choice how to prioritize their Estate investments! Photos of their branding tent as you drive in and their old 1920's factory look.
Apr 14th, 2017Pale Lemon. Citrus aromas but full enough to have some peach. A delicious juiciness to the palate with a little mid palate sweetness (10.3% Alc) finishing dry with acid cut. Nice to have a young Aussie Riesling without the often searing acids. Very Good. Tried another 74 weeks later. This is brilliant young Riesling with notes as above with strong aromas of bath Talc. Amazing QPR.
Pale Lemon. Citrus aromas but full enough to have some peach. A delicious juiciness to the palate with a little mid palate sweetness (10.3% Alc) finishing dry with acid cut. Nice to have a young Aussie Riesling without the often searing acids. Very Good. Tried another 74 weeks later. This is brilliant young Riesling with notes as above with strong aromas of bath Talc. Amazing QPR.
Feb 20th, 2017
Lovely nose of petrol. Nice bracing acid that turns pleasantly tart on the finish. Outstanding value here.
Lovely nose of petrol. Nice bracing acid that turns pleasantly tart on the finish. Outstanding value here.
Sep 17th, 2015A remarkable Riesling.
A remarkable Riesling.
Jun 26th, 2013
This was great, pale straw color w/subtle greenish hue, bit shy on the nose, bit o citrus & orchard fruit and of course some petrol that quickly blew off. Smooth & silky on palate yet w/great verve & acidity. Quite dry & again, fairly austere flavor wise.
This was great, pale straw color w/subtle greenish hue, bit shy on the nose, bit o citrus & orchard fruit and of course some petrol that quickly blew off. Smooth & silky on palate yet w/great verve & acidity. Quite dry & again, fairly austere flavor wise.
Feb 15th, 2023
Lovely Riesling from the Clare Valley region with very pronounced peach and honey flavour
Lovely Riesling from the Clare Valley region with very pronounced peach and honey flavour
Jun 26th, 2021
Straw yellow in colour. Lime and tropical fruits on the nose. A little sweet with a nice acidic finish.
Straw yellow in colour. Lime and tropical fruits on the nose. A little sweet with a nice acidic finish.
Jun 7th, 2020