d'Arenberg Shiraz The Footbolt 2017Varietal: Shiraz Before being renamed The Footbolt Shiraz in 1996, the Old Vine Shiraz (as it was then known) was the first wine to use the term Old Vine. When this became common practice it was altered to honour a racehorse that changed the Osborn family forever. The founder of dArenberg, Joseph Osborn was a successful racehorse owner and Footbolt was the pride of his stable. In 1912 he made the hard decision to sell his stable of horses to start

After hand-picking and selection of the grapes on the vines

With no new wood

high in acid and extremely refreshing

Delicate salmon colour

the lowest estate vineyard at 650 feet with a West exposure

layer by layer to form a rich full-bodied wine with chalky

The Mediterranean combination of sun

to reveal all their complexity

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Beautiful and bright

Offering a great diversity

With a nose of earth-dusted