Australia

This wine is named in honour of d’Arenberg’s principal, Francis d’Arenberg Osborn, universally known as d’Arry. d’Arry’s Original – called d’Arry’s Burgundy in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s ( in the days when medium bodied red wines with a soft finish were always called Burgundy) has always been made from Shiraz and Grenache, the backbone varieties of McLaren Vale, grown on d’Arenberg’s low-yielding, 19th century vineyards.

For the first 50 years, the Osborn family grew grapes and from 1928, sold wine in bulk, some of which made its way back to the United Kingdom for consumption. It was not until 1958 that the first wine was made and sold in bottles bearing the distinctive diagonal red stripe and the d’Arenberg name. The 1967 d’Arenberg Burgundy won 7 Trophies and 25 Gold Medals in a show record which at the time was unsurpassed.

d’Arry’s Original is very much a traditional style of wine, being rich, lucious and opulently soft and very much an expression of terroir and variety which ages spectacularly. The final blend varies from year to year in an effort to maintain the well-established hallmarks of d’Arry’s Original.

Gentle handling through the winery includes crushing through the Demoisy crusher, open fermentation with the traditional heading down boards and foot treading followed by basket pressing through the 19th century ‘Coq’ and ‘Bromley & Tregoning’ basket presses and then into almost 18 months barrel maturation in old French and American oak.

Chester's Tasting Notes:

In its youth d'Arry's Original display a bright magenta like brick red colour. The nose invariably attacks with lifted spicy cinnamon plum, mulberry & prune aromas. Typically cherry, wild strawberry & lolly-like musk smells also, as well as tighter liquorice, spice, rosemary & fennel smells.

Tasting Notes

Available at major supermarkets while stocks last.

Information by darenberg.com.au