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 One of the finest Cabernet Sauvignons produced in South Australia is d'Arenberg's Coppermine Road. Boasting a deep purple color as well as structured flavors of cassis, earth, saddle leather, spice box, and tobacco leaf, the ripe, medium to full-bodied, fleshy 2000 The Coppermine Road Cabernet Sauvignon possesses a slightly tannic finish.
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Australian Wine Companion Medium red-purple; blackberry and blackcurrant fruit on the bouquet has some more savoury characters in the background; there is more of the same on the palate, with fractionally edgy tannins running from the back palate to the finish.
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