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The Vintage Fortified Shiraz Collection
The first declared vintage of this wine was in 1928, and we have been sourcing Shiraz for this wine from those same old vines ever since. The grapes are fermented in the traditional d’Arenberg way minimal processing which involves up to two weeks fermenting on skins in traditional headed down open fermenters, foot treading, followed by basket pressing through the 19th century ‘Coq’ and “Bromley & Tregoning’ presses.
After basket pressing, a small amount of fine, fortifying brandy spirit is added, ending fermentation and retaining the sweet fruit and richness of the style. The Vintage Port is bottled in the same year of vintage.
The d’Arenberg Vintage Fortified wine is made from a single vintage, and does not spend any time in wood prior to bottling. Unlike the Nostalgia Tawny, the Vintage Fortified wine will develop for many years in the bottle before it reaches its peak.
d’Arenberg’s Vintage Fortified wine receives only a cursory filtration, and will throw a significant crust, especially when it is older, and will definitely require decanting before serving.
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d'Arenberg Vintage Fortified Shiraz 2004 75cl
Upon release, eight decades of d’Arenberg’s ‘Vintage Fortified’ Shiraz have had a consistent
deep, intense purple-almost black colour, matched by just as intense aromas of ripe, berry-like
fruit, spice, liquorice and juniper, combined with a lifted (and slightly ‘taily’) brandy spirit.
Spicy blackberry, mulberry, plum and blackcurrant fruit smells are also evident on the
structured young palate. The initial attack of primary fruit flavours, combined with the
integrated, unwooded brandy spirit ensure the palate is rich, intense and full-flavoured, before
a rich, drying astringency from the fruit tannins.
With significant bottle age, ‘The Vintage Fortified’ Shiraz gains extraordinary complexity. The
intense young colour becomes a lighter, more ruby-red initially, then quite amber. Fruit and
brandy spirit integrate further, making way for chocolate, coffee, and walnut, even hints of
liquorice and anise smells. On the mature palate, sweet full and rich fig, chocolate, malt, coffee,
leather and tobacco-like flavours dominate initially, before spicy, tea-like soft tannin dryness
and a rolling hazelnut and juicy butterscotch length.
‘The Vintage Fortified’ Shiraz can live in the bottle for quite extraordinary periods. At this age,
whiffs of rosehip, mushrooms, orange peel, estery sweet lemon and singed vanilla bean are
some of the aromas detected, but in the main these extremely old wines become quite soft -
vanilla dominated on the nose and brandyesque on the palate.
Price:
£15.42
(Including: VAT at 17.5%)
Quantity:
d'Arenberg Vintage Fortified Shiraz 2004 37.5cl
Upon release, eight decades of d’Arenberg’s ‘Vintage Fortified’ Shiraz have had a consistent
deep, intense purple-almost black colour, matched by just as intense aromas of ripe, berry-like
fruit, spice, liquorice and juniper, combined with a lifted (and slightly ‘taily’) brandy spirit.
Spicy blackberry, mulberry, plum and blackcurrant fruit smells are also evident on the
structured young palate. The initial attack of primary fruit flavours, combined with the
integrated, unwooded brandy spirit ensure the palate is rich, intense and full-flavoured, before
a rich, drying astringency from the fruit tannins.
With significant bottle age, ‘The Vintage Fortified’ Shiraz gains extraordinary complexity. The
intense young colour becomes a lighter, more ruby-red initially, then quite amber. Fruit and
brandy spirit integrate further, making way for chocolate, coffee, and walnut, even hints of
liquorice and anise smells. On the mature palate, sweet full and rich fig, chocolate, malt, coffee,
leather and tobacco-like flavours dominate initially, before spicy, tea-like soft tannin dryness
and a rolling hazelnut and juicy butterscotch length.
‘The Vintage Fortified’ Shiraz can live in the bottle for quite extraordinary periods. At this age,
whiffs of rosehip, mushrooms, orange peel, estery sweet lemon and singed vanilla bean are
some of the aromas detected, but in the main these extremely old wines become quite soft -
vanilla dominated on the nose and brandyesque on the palate.
Price:
£9.99
(Including: VAT at 17.5%)
Quantity:
d'Arenberg Vintage Fortified Shiraz 2002 37.5cl
Half Bottles
Upon release, d’Arenberg’s Vintage Fortified Shiraz, traditionally just known as “Vintage Port", has a consistent deep, intense purple almost black colour matched by just as intense aromas of ripe, spicy shiraz fruit, combined with a lifted (and slightly ‘taily’) brandy spirit. Spicy blackberry, mulberry, plum and blackcurrant fruit smells are also evident on the structured young palate.
The initial attack of primary shiraz fruit flavours combined with the light brandy spirit ensure the palate is rich, intense and full flavoured, especially in the middle, all before a rich, drying astringency from the fruit tannins leaving no lingering sweetness on the finish.
Price:
£10.09
(Including: VAT at 17.5%)
Quantity:
d'Arenberg Vintage Fortified Shiraz 2000 75cl
d'Arenberg Museum Stock
Price:
£21.84
(Including: VAT at 17.5%)
Quantity:
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