The Garden of Extraordinary Delights Shiraz
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2030
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted rosemary lamb shanks, grilled ribeye steak, mature cheddar cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Named in a nod to Hieronymus Bosch's famous triptych and winemaker Chester Osborn's love for the surreal, The Garden of Extraordinary Delights Shiraz is a single-vineyard expression from the ancient, weathered soils of McLaren Vale. This wine showcases the estate's commitment to traditional methods, including gentle foot-treading in open concrete fermenters and basket pressing. The fruit is sourced from a unique site that benefits from cooling breezes off the Gulf St Vincent, allowing the Shiraz grapes to develop intense flavor complexity while retaining balanced acidity. It is aged in a combination of new and older French and American oak barriques, resulting in a rich, multi-layered Shiraz that balances dark fruit intensity with savory, earthy undertones.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1912 by Joseph Osborn, d'Arenberg stands as an iconic pillar of McLaren Vale viticulture, stewarded today by fourth-generation chief winemaker Chester Osborn. The estate spans undulating coastal landscapes influenced by the moderating maritime winds of the Gulf St Vincent, resting upon complex, ancient geologies ranging from calcareous Terra Rossa to sandy loam and weathered limestone. Viticulture is rigorous and certified organic and biodynamic across all estate-owned and leased vineyards. While renowned for formidable Rhone-style reds, d'Arenberg's white winemaking upholds identical artisanal rigor: gentle whole-bunch basket pressing ensures minimal phenolics and purity of expression. From the racy, textural The Money Spider Roussanne and crisp The Dry Dam Riesling to the lusciously layered botrytised expressions The Noble Semillon and The Noble Botryotinia Fuckeliana, the wines epitomize balance, crystalline minerality, and vibrant natural acidity.
🍇 Grapes
Shiraz
🍷 ABV
14.0% - 14.5%