d'Arenberg The Ironstone Pressings Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre 1998 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 Spectator  Firm in texture, refined and elegant for a big, broad-shouldered wine, offering smoky currant, plum and pepper flavors that hover expectantly over a chewy finish, persisting impressively. ..... read more

Wine Advocate  The 1998 The Ironstone Pressings is a powerful, dense, thick, slightly monolithic effort with copious amounts of blackberry fruit, huge body, and the potential to evolve for two decades. Even though it had been in the bottle for some time when I tasted it, it was still unformed. With silky tannin, explosive richness, and potentially top-flight perfume, it will have many admirers after another six months of bottle age. ..... read more