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Halliday Wine Companion
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By James Halliday
(d'Arenberg The Hermit Crab McLaren Vale Adelaide Hills Viognier Marsanne) Subscribe to see review text.
12/21/2006, (See more on Halliday Wine Companion...)
The WINEFRONT
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By Gary Walsh
(d’Arenberg The Hermit Crab Viognier Marsanne) Login and subscribe to see review text.
7/26/2006, (See more on The WINEFRONT...)
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By Josh Raynolds
(d'Arenberg Marsanne/Viognier The Hermit Crab McLaren Vale) Login and sign up and see review text.
July/August 2006, IWC Issue #127, (See more on Vinous...)
RJonWine.com
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By Richard Jennings
(d'Arenberg The Hermit Crab) Group's #5 (my #6) – 42 pts; 0, 2, 2, 4 – Canary yellow color; pungent, white cheese, Durien and pineapple nose; tart, tight, narrow, oaky, herbal, grapefruit palate, rather disjointed; short-medium finish (70% Viognier, 30% Marsanne)
4/28/2008, (See more on RJonWine.com...) 81 points
Wine Library TV
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(D'ARENBERG THE HERMIT CRAB) #1; COLOR-light golden; NOSE-Wow--peaches & cream, nice lemon peel, little grapefruit & petrol coming through, Classic Rhone; TASTE-Wow--Real Wine Alert!!, this is a Remarkable effort (like $30-40 Rhone wines), well made, great complexity, perfect tannin structure, heavy, very complex, w/ Chicken Pot Pie; RP-90; GV-91+
By Gary Vaynerchuk
Wine ratings?, Episode #178, 2/7/2007, (See more on Wine Library TV...) 91+ points
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Wine Definition
- Vintage2005
- TypeWhite
- Producerd'Arenberg
- VarietyWhite Rhone Blend
- DesignationThe Hermit Crab
- Vineyardn/a
- CountryAustralia
- RegionSouth Australia
- SubRegionFleurieu
- AppellationMcLaren Vale
- Display optionsDefault
- UPC/EAN Code0931183201800, 311832018004, 767749002312
11/22/2012 - Giggs wrote: 84 Points
Old, but not undrinkable. Mature, soapy, browned raisin, caramel, warm, creamy, pineapple.
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5/29/2011 - kahuna75 wrote: 88 Points
consistent with prior notes - enjoyable right out of the bottle...no glass required
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5/22/2011 - kahuna75 wrote: 88 Points
really nice with some age on it- surprised really - enjoying this chilled the once bigger lychee/citrus fruits have faded a bit but it is really drinking nicely and the acidity is good- a touch of petrol - there is a small hollow point before the finish.
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11/21/2009 - Omar Khayyam wrote: 88 Points
roses and marzipan: for USD 12 this is a very good wine: has weight but also finesse. the balance of sweet asian fruits and semi sweet lightness and deep nutty weight is exact and it is even better with a few years on it. if you find this in your local wine store - go buy a case.
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6/20/2009 - jschopf wrote: flawed
A bit of mercaptin? Faint onion/garlic on the nose. Even less on the palate where I could see this wold have been a nice wine.
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