A McLaren Vale Icon at 24 Years, The Dead Arm from One of Australia's Most Storied Family Estates

My Wine Man on d'Arenberg

d'Arenberg has been farming McLaren Vale since 1912, five generations of bold, unconventional winemaking from one of Australia's most storied family estates. The Dead Arm is d'Arenberg's flagship Shiraz, sourced from 100-year-old dry-grown bush vines. The 2001, now 24 years in bottle, is drinking in a deeply rewarding window of maturity, secondary complexity layered over the wine's original power.

Tasting Notes

Deep garnet with a developing brick rim. The nose is complex and inviting, leather, dried herbs, tobacco, dark plum, dried fig, balsamic and forest floor. The palate is fully integrated and elegant, silky tannins, perfect acidity, and a long, complex finish that speaks to 24 years of careful evolution.

Style & Drinking Window

Full-bodied but resolved. Drinking superbly now at peak maturity. Decant for 30 minutes. Drink within 5-7 years.

Food Pairing

A 24-year-old McLaren Vale icon deserves a serious match. We love it with Australian Grass-Fed Cape Grim Rib-Eye Steak from My Meat Man, dry-aged and char-grilled medium-rare with bone-marrow butter, a magnificent partner for the 2001's leather, tobacco and silky mature complexity.