TN wanted: D'Arenberg Dead Arm 1993

Sieben · Post by **Sieben** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 9:27 pm

Anyone tried this wine before?? Someone told me that it's now a collector item. Is it true??

platinum · Post by **platinum** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 9:57 pm

Have not tried it. Last sale on Langtons was this year. Range is $150-$210 + Commision.

roughred · Post by **roughred** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:41 am

Surely you jest.....last bottle at Sterlings went for $42.....

Perhaps a magnum went for $150

LL

DJ · Post by DJ » Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:01 am

Given Mr Salmon's post this looks suspicious

Sieben · Post by **Sieben** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:44 am

DJ wrote:Given Mr Salmon's post this looks suspicious

why suspicious??? :?:

Sieben · Post by **Sieben** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:55 am

DJ wrote:Given Mr Salmon's post this looks suspicious

and you know what? I'm not that 'Mr.Salmon'.....

I ask this because I couldn't find any review of this wine, neither on JO wine annual nor any internet site. And also as platinum said, Langton had it sold at $150-200 this year.
is this anything suspicious????

Nayan · Post by **Nayan** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:28 am

Sieben wrote:
DJ wrote:Given Mr Salmon's post this looks suspicious

and you know what? I'm not that 'Mr.Salmon'.....
I ask this because I couldn't find any review of this wine, neither on JO wine annual nor any internet site. And also as platinum said, Langton had it sold at $150-200 this year.
is this anything suspicious????

Sieben,

It's nothing personal, just a sense of history repeating. Take a look here:
http://forum.auswine.com.au/viewtopic.p ... highlight=

n4sir · Post by **n4sir** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:50 am

Sieben wrote:Anyone tried this wine before?? Someone told me that it's now a collector item. Is it true??

roughred wrote:Surely you jest.....last bottle at Sterlings went for $42.....

Perhaps a magnum went for $150
LL

Saw this reply on the other forum:

Mark S wrote:Haven't tried it, but it's certainly a collector's item, seeing that the first D'arenberg Dead Arm was the 1994. I believe a very small no. of bottles of a blend of shiraz from that vineyard along with cabernet were made as a trial in 1993, not commercially released.
Almost never seen, a bottle in good condition would probably be worth hundreds.

To be honest I haven't paid much attention to the early releases of Dead Arm, but did see 750ml a bottle of the 1993 Shiraz Cabernet blend mentioned above at Langtons last month (specifically advertised as a rare/trial wine) and was surprised what it went for.

If I was going to buy a bottle of Dead Arm to drink 1993 wouldn't come to mind at all, but I'm guessing whoever paid that much for it isn't so fussy about the contents.

Cheers,
Ian