WTN: 3 with friends

2005 Chateau Rollan de By Medoc- dusty, cinnamon nose, not an over ripe or massive wine, cassis, berries and a nice moderate finish. Good drinking
1999 D'Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz- deep purple, beautiful floral, spicy nose, cedar, loads of berries, smoke, leather, blood (Northern Rhonish), very complex. Long finish. The tannins have softened but this wine has at least a decade more left in it. Everybody's WOTN.
2008 Cedarville Grenache- from El Dorado, this is a very light bodied wine, has a light rose, earthy nose like a Pinot. Strawberries on the palate. Very easy drinking food friendly wine.

[David M. Bueker]

Not sure why Dead Arm doesn't get more love. It's always been an excellent wine that avoided the truly over the top excursionsthat characterized the Mollydooker/Marquis Phillips ranges and thier ilk.

Speaking of D'Arenberg, we recently opened their 1998 Ironstone Pressing (GSM blend) which provided much pleasure without being full bore in any way. I suspect that wine is at or near peak, but should hold a few more years. A very pleasant surprise.
I need to re-visit some of my late 1990's Dead Arms soon.