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2022 `Pride of the Fleurieu` Cabernet Sauvignon, Dandelion Vineyards Wine Republic

2022 `Pride of the Fleurieu` Cabernet Sauvignon, Dandelion Vineyards

Fleurieu Peninsula, Australia

The Dark Prince of the Fleurieu.

This is Cabernet with proper presence, the kind that walks in quietly and somehow still owns the room. Deep, dark and beautifully composed, it opens with violets, blackberry and cassis, followed by twists of liquorice, tobacco leaf and tomato vine, with just enough cinnamon, smoke and savoury spice to keep things deliciously grown-up. The palate is taut and textural, full of ripe black fruit and dark red berries, with a lovely thread of freshness running through the richness. Fine, youthful tannins are everywhere, giving it shape, grip and the promise of even more to come with time. Powerful, polished and unmistakably Cabernet, this is a wine with backbone.

For when: there is fire involved, something slow-cooked is on the menu, and everyone is staying longer than planned.
Pairs with: rib of beef, chargrilled steak, roast lamb, smoky barbecue dishes, or hard-aged cheeses.

Dandelion Vineyards is all about old vineyards, careful hands and letting place speak clearly in the glass. This Cabernet comes from the dry-grown Stranger’s Reach vineyard on the Fleurieu Peninsula, overlooking the Finniss River wetlands and cooled by the Great Southern Ocean and Lake Alexandrina. Hand-picked by family and friends, then matured for 18 months in mainly older French oak, it captures both the power and restraint of this remarkable site. It is seriously impressive now, especially with a decant, but it has the structure and composure to reward a good few years in the cellar too.

Whats in the bottle
100% Cabernet Sauvignon

£14.95 - £14.95
£14.95
£14.95 - £14.95
£14.95
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Dandelion Vineyards is the venture of talented winemaker Elena Brooks, and her husband Zar. Their project makes wines from the Barossa and Eden Valleys, Fleurieu, the Adelaide Hills and McLaren Vale. Elena hails from Bulgaria. Her mother worked for a local producer, and so much of Elena’s childhood was spent in a winery. By 15, she was well-versed in the ins and outs of the winemaking process, and by 16, she had made her first wine. After formal study and stints making wine worldwide, Elena eventually settled in McLaren Vale with Zar and founded Dandelion Vineyards. 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.”

Selected bunches were hand-picked by family and friends and gently crushed into open-top fermenters. After fermentation, the wine was basket pressed into predominantly older French oak barriques for ageing, then bottled without filtration or fining.