Dandelion Vineyards, 'Lionheart' Shiraz

Alcohol percentage: 14.5%

Vegan

Area:
The Barossa, not far from Adelaide, is probably Australia’s most renowned red wine region, famous for its powerful and long-lived Shiraz. This wine is made from 100 year old vines.

Grape variety:
100% Shiraz, matured for 18 months in French oak (with a small proportion of new barrels).

Producer:
Dandelion is a relatively new venture set up by winemaker Elena Brooks and her husband Zar, with help from growers Brad Rey and Carl Lindner to produce a range of wines from their favourite vineyards.

Nick Stock, one of Australia’s leading journalists, has described Dandelion as follows: “Brooks has teamed up with his winemaking wife Elena, a woman whose talents are outweighed only by her tolerance, in an exciting new venture called Dandelion Vineyards. 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.”

The Bottle Shop rating:
Remarkably fresh and lively considering both the origin and the richness of fruit. A spicy, bright, food-friendly style.