Dandelion Red Queen Shiraz 2019

Dandelion Red Queen Shiraz 2019

The 2019 vintage in the Eden Valley was marked by cool weather conditions, resulting in wines with great acidity and a fresh, vibrant character.

Classic noble Eden Valley shiraz aromatics that so rightly define this wine-growing region as royal. Pink peppercorns just crushed, picked and bruised plums, freshly tilled earth; bay leaves, thyme, sage and fennel fronds; nutmeg, mace and mushrooms at dawn; blackberry confit and bare zephyrs of dark chocolate liqueur. The subtle bouquet of oak’s 
conservative tailoring reveals, in a mere glimpse, the winemaker’s nerveless hand. This is a coiled and compact red wine textured by super-fine and silky tannins - tannins as if in miniature. These coat the palate but do so in neat check-step with the slightly dangerous and enticing fruits: perfect plums, the season’s first blackberries, blueberries chilled. Alongside come hints of cedar and smoked meats. A long finish, and as long as the fruit 
is concentrated and unalloyed.

This 2019 Red Queen of the Eden Valley Shiraz is dark and resiny, with a deep, brooding nose filled with graphite, char, pencil shavings, purple fruits, flowers and exotic spice. In the mouth, the wine has a gorgeous tannic structure, firm but finely ground down, and the fruit is pressed in around it. Eden Valley is a spectacular region for Shiraz because it conveys the rocky place and is imbued with detail from the cold nights, and the wines always show a black tea/Earl Grey tea character that offsets the blue/purple fruit. They age, too. Sensational. 96 Points - Robert Parker Wine Advocate