Lion’s Tooth of Mclaren Vale – Shiraz Riesling. Deep red in colour with youthful violet hints, the wine has aromas of plum and spice redolent of the Shiraz, with a bright burst of Reisling’s innate minerality and aromatic freshness. The nose continues with some white chocolate, herbal notes, and blueberry. On the palate the flavours are fruity, smooth, and savoury. The finish is long and evenly keeled.
The Shiraz grapes were hand harvested and whole-bunch fermented with stalks, and placed in open fermenters to sit on top of Riesling skins for 11 days. The cap was hand plunged twice daily before being gently pressed into a mix of some new, but predominantly old French oak barriques to complete fermentation. The wine remained in barrel for 18 months before being racked and bottled without filtration or fining.
Dandelion Vineyards is a unique fusion of vineyards and vignerons. Their wines represent decades of experience, blending the fruit of their old vine gardens with the finest traditions of artisan winemaking.
Dandelion Vineyards are proven plantings that have stood the test of time. Their wish is to nurture the unique character of these vineyards and express their terroir in the wines. Capturing variety, vintage and vineyard requires
an enlightened approach and although vignerons see the Devil in every weed, they encourage the humble Dandelion amongst the vines as they suppress winter weeds, provide mulch in summer, and proffer their Wishing Clocks in spring to blow off and make our wish come true.
Nick Stock, one of Australia’s leading journalists, wrote about Dandelion Vineyards saying, “The approach is remarkably simple and sees Elena making wine from a suite of beautiful old vineyards across that blessed curve that runs from the Barossa, up through the Eden Valley and Adelaide Hills and down into McLaren Vale.”
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Lion’s Tooth of Mclaren Vale – Shiraz Riesling
£16.99 a bottle
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Dandelion Vineyards are proven plantings that have stood the test of time. They grow our own grapes and source from the best of family vineyards.
They believe that to capture variety, vintage and vineyard requires an enlightened approach. Separating single sites, and even single soil types, vine by vine if need be.
Five Red Star Winery: James Halliday Australian Wine Companion
“This is a highly impressive partnership… It brings together vineyards spread across the Adelaide Hills, Eden Valley, Langhorne Creek, McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley and Fleurieu Peninsula. Elena is not only the beautiful wife of industry dilettante Zar Brooks, but also an exceptionally gifted winemaker
The McLaren Vale is predominately a red wine region, producing some of the best red wines in South Australia. Vineyards were first planted in the mid 1800s. One of the early pioneers Thomas Hardy established a business that evolved to BRL Hardy, one of the largest wine companies in the country. The region also has a healthy number of boutique wineries that consistently make fine wines and experiment with different wine styles. The climate is warm to hot with dry summers, and benefits from cooling breezes from the St Vincent Gulf. The main wine styles: Red – Shiraz (rich, ripe & generous), Cabernet Sauvignon; White – Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc.
Blend Australia’s finest fleshy fruity grape variety with other grape varieties results in some wonderful wines.
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