Dandelion Vineyards

Pride of the Fleurieu Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

Entdecker aufgepasst! Seit die bulgarische Winzerin Elena Brooks und ihr Mann Zar 2007 in Australien ihr eigenes Weingut Dandelion eröffneten, schenken sie der Weinwelt ein Top-Gewächs nach dem anderen! Geringe Niederschläge, tiefe Schwemmlandböden und Meeresbrisen vom Ozean liefern bei Dandelion die Bedingungen für einzigartigen Cabernet Sauvignon, bei dem die intensiven Fruchtaromen von nahezu salzigen Tanninen grandios in Szene gesetzt werden. Toll!

From the "war and peace" label on the back of the bottle of the 2020 Pride of the Fleurieu Peninsula Cabernet Sauvignon: the fruit was picked in the third week of March 2020 (and we all remember what was happening at that time), by friends and family. It spent 14 days on skins and was basket pressed to a combination of new and seasoned French oak barriques for 18 months' maturation. This is lovely. Very sweet fruit vibrates within the confines of savory tannins that shape the experience in the mouth. This flavor flows across the palate and through into the long finish. Lovely wine, here! 14.5% alcohol, sealed under Stelvin.

Hand-picked, open fermented, matured in French barriques (predominantly used, some new) for 18 months. A medium- to full-bodied exercise with cabernet, the tannins neatly controlled, but still able to proclaim its patrician upbringing, blackcurrant and bramble fruits to the fore.