Dandelion Vineyard’s Lionheart of the Barossa Shiraz 750ml
Alcohol Level: 14.5%
Region: Australia
Grape Varietal: 100% Shiraz
Lionheart is so named after Barossa ‘s lifelong champion of old vines, Carl Lindner. This wine comes from ancient, gnarled vines, some approaching and many over a hundred years of age that not only survive but thrive on their own roots in some of the oldest soils on the planet.
Tasting Notes
Colour
Deep dense dark-bright violet-purple and determined. Grainy.
Nose
Intense dark berry and dark chocolate aromatics. Deeper aromas then meld with a complex yet subtle bouquet of soy, lavender, laurel, pink peppercorns,rosemary in Spring, eucalyptus bark when it rains, and smoked paprika- just a knife’s finest point.
Palate
Plush fruit and berry flavours flood and fill -dark, concentrated but all at once fresh and alive. A flow of sweeping tannins as if taken at the tide. Drying, gripping and extending the wine. Tannins sit with acidity at palate’s end to reach a natural rapprochement, as the dark berry fruits’ diving bell-like depth free-dives further into a shiraz abyss...
Drink
Truisms abound in wine lore. The most complex and intriguing wines deserve or perhaps demand the least complex and intriguing foods. Keep it simple. Barossa. A good butcher’s best sausage grilled over vine trimmings and served with steamed cabbage and German mustard.