d'Arenberg The Ironstone Pressings Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre 1994 750mL

Chester Osborn, the remarkable person behind this enormous array of both impeccably high quality and value-priced wines, deserves considerable accolades for what he is able to achieve at all price ranges. If you love Australian wines, d’Arenberg is a winery to seek out as these offerings all possess abundant soul as well as character. In short, the accolades that proprietor/winemaker Chester Osborn receives not only from The Wine Advocate, but virtually everybody in the wine world, are all well deserved.

Wine Advocate  The red wines are all exuberantly fruity, cleanly made rich wines. Among the more limited edition offerings are several wines that represent some of d'Arenberg's finest parcels, all of which are basket-pressed. The medium to full-bodied 1994 Ironstone Pressings is much less explosively rich than its younger sibling, with low acid, and a lush, straightforward, pruny/blackberry fruitiness. ..... read more