Hi all,
Indeed this wine certainly lived up to the expectation. Pungent aromas, big and muscular but fleshy. Extremely ripe with bucket loads of plums, prunes & blueberries followed by white pepper and cloves. Huge chunky unobtrusive tannins. Great structure, excellent intensity with a lenght that never quit...
Drinking extremely well now after 1hr of btl. breathing.
The '98 was a better made wine - tighter, more complex, profound and backward(needed a day to open up), a longer term cellaring style as opposed the the more forward and flamboyant '01.
Rgds,
TN: Dead Arm 2001
TN: Dead Arm 2001
MC
<i>"If our life on earth is so short, why not live every day as if it were our last. This is the path to happiness and spiritual enlightenment"
Omar Khayyam 1048 -1122</b>
<i>"If our life on earth is so short, why not live every day as if it were our last. This is the path to happiness and spiritual enlightenment"
Omar Khayyam 1048 -1122</b>
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Pana
Hi Martin
I have consistently been byeing Dead Arm, since 96. Although I had plenty of difficulty buying the 01. I finally got 3 bottles last week. My tasting recollections and rankings as follows:
96(1) Drinking nicely now, well balanced fruit forward slight charry oak
97(6) Thinner than 96, good fruit, lacks concentration and finish.
98(2) Almost over-extracted, heaps fruit plenty oak, dont open before 2005.
99(3) The weakest vintage, midweight but great balance. Suprising!
00(5) The most elegant in style, mid-heavy weighted. Still dumb, open 2005+
01(4) Definetely the heavy-weight in the group, lots of everything but totally disjointed (3hrs breathing). Dont know, could be anything or nothing. Wait 2007+
I have consistently been byeing Dead Arm, since 96. Although I had plenty of difficulty buying the 01. I finally got 3 bottles last week. My tasting recollections and rankings as follows:
96(1) Drinking nicely now, well balanced fruit forward slight charry oak
97(6) Thinner than 96, good fruit, lacks concentration and finish.
98(2) Almost over-extracted, heaps fruit plenty oak, dont open before 2005.
99(3) The weakest vintage, midweight but great balance. Suprising!
00(5) The most elegant in style, mid-heavy weighted. Still dumb, open 2005+
01(4) Definetely the heavy-weight in the group, lots of everything but totally disjointed (3hrs breathing). Dont know, could be anything or nothing. Wait 2007+
Hi Sim, I only had the 95,96,98, 00 & 01 so can't comment on their '99.
Pana, I tot their 2000 is a very well made wine out of a lesser yr, probrably the Shiraz of the Vintage fr the Vales/ Barossa. Juicy, ripe & forward but more for instant gratification.
The 01 is a show-stopper but I found more depth in the'98 and latent.
Thanks for ur call on the Stonehorse'02. If this and the L.Magpie'02 is an indication of the quality of the o2, I'm excited
Pana, I tot their 2000 is a very well made wine out of a lesser yr, probrably the Shiraz of the Vintage fr the Vales/ Barossa. Juicy, ripe & forward but more for instant gratification.
The 01 is a show-stopper but I found more depth in the'98 and latent.
Thanks for ur call on the Stonehorse'02. If this and the L.Magpie'02 is an indication of the quality of the o2, I'm excited
MC
<i>"If our life on earth is so short, why not live every day as if it were our last. This is the path to happiness and spiritual enlightenment"
Omar Khayyam 1048 -1122</b>
<i>"If our life on earth is so short, why not live every day as if it were our last. This is the path to happiness and spiritual enlightenment"
Omar Khayyam 1048 -1122</b>
I agree, the 99 Dead Arm may well develop into a better wine than the 1998. Seems to have better balance and structure rather than being all fruit.
anthony.
p.s. can we pump the 85 Great Western thread back to the top?
Just kidding!!
anthony.
p.s. can we pump the 85 Great Western thread back to the top?
Just kidding!!Good wine ruins the purse; bad wine ruins the stomach
Spanish saying
Spanish saying
NO way
Anthony wrote:I agree, the 99 Dead Arm may well develop into a better wine than the 1998. Seems to have better balance and structure rather than being all fruit.
anthony.
p.s. can we pump the 85 Great Western thread back to the top?
Sorry Anthony! Now, has anyone tried the St. Peters 1999
best,
simm.
"I ain't drunk! I' still drinkin' !!"
"I ain't drunk! I' still drinkin' !!"
Here you go Simm,
99 Seppelt St Peters Shiraz
This wine has many of the distinct similarities with the 1998 vintage. On the nose this is typical Great Western, with mushroom, blackberry and spice. On the palate, it is full bodied but not in the same way as many of the South Australian reds. Rather, it is soft in the mouth with silky smooth tannins and some great fruit driven flavours with blackberry, plum and spice rounding off the palate. While the 1998 will be longer lived, I still expect this wine to do 12-15 years in a canter.
cheers
anthony
99 Seppelt St Peters Shiraz
This wine has many of the distinct similarities with the 1998 vintage. On the nose this is typical Great Western, with mushroom, blackberry and spice. On the palate, it is full bodied but not in the same way as many of the South Australian reds. Rather, it is soft in the mouth with silky smooth tannins and some great fruit driven flavours with blackberry, plum and spice rounding off the palate. While the 1998 will be longer lived, I still expect this wine to do 12-15 years in a canter.
cheers
anthony
Good wine ruins the purse; bad wine ruins the stomach
Spanish saying
Spanish saying