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Buy OnlineThe Love Grass Shiraz sits above the more familiar Footbolt Shiraz in the d'Arenberg range, so the value offer here is quite clear. In fact, we can easily say we have never seen this wine at this price, ever!
We reckon d'Arenberg are not only the masters of great wine names, but of having some of the best value/quality around. There are no shortcuts taken in the production of any of the wines – low yields, foot trodden, basket pressed all make for seriously good wines.
Well made and wonderfully named, you could well fall in love with The Love Grass Shiraz. In typical d'Arenberg style this has so much going on yet it is all wrapped up in an incredibly easy package. Polished but with a rustic bent that just adds to its appeal.
Winery notes (2021 Vintage)
"Lovegrass is a weed that grows in the vineyards and its sticky flowers affectionately attach themselves to vineyard workers' socks. This Shiraz will linger with you in the same way that the flowers do!
This wine is very aromatic, revealing its full character after some time to breathe. Deep and intense red and dark fruits are highly prominent such as boysenberry and mulberry that are complemented by ripe plum and bramble. Hints of anise and vanilla add delightful complexity while extended cellaring will beautifully soften the firm grippy tannins that a quite prominent in this youthful wine.
Small batches of grapes are gently crushed and then transferred to open fermenters. Foot treading is undertaken two-thirds of the way through fermentation, the wine is basket pressed and then aged in French oak for up to 18 months."
Reviews for previous vintages below…
94/100 JamesSuckling.com, October 2022 (2020 Vintage)
"Lots of blackberry, tar, lead-pencil and dried-meat aromas and flavours. It’s full-bodied and compact, with a solid core of fruit and a long, flavorful finish."
95/100 Ken Gargett, winepilot.com (2019 Vintage)
"The colour is black/purple. Wonderful aromas here, with blackcurrants, leather, chocolate, plums, cloves, some florals, which are ever-so-appealing. There is impressive length here and the intensity is maintained throughout. Very fine tannins, good balance, some early complexity. Great stuff. And at just $25, a serious contender for the best value wine of the year."
91/100 Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front, October 2021 (2019 Vintage)
"The nose is all vanilla, choc-mint and plum, the palate more of that but with earth and asphalt tossed through. This is a medium- to full-bodied red wine with fruit and oak served in healthy but appropriate measure. It doesn’t leave you short-changed. It delivers."
