Dandelion Vineyards Firehawk McLaren Vale Shiraz 2018 (6 x 750mL) SA

Winery Tasting Notes

Colour

Dark bright purple, red and violetblue. Luminous rim edge.

Nose

Here is a seamless incorporation of aromatics and bouquet, yet with each knowing its definite role. Aromas of dark, tight, freshly pressed berries hinting at cassis and mulberry soar over an unspoilt valley of savoury cedar

and laurel. The nose is thus imponderably ponderable. Forest moss, leather, nuttiness, earth and abundant berry fruit.

Palate

RoThe ensuing mouthful of plush, deep, and coating fruit cabrioles from aniseed and eucalyptus to blackberry and black cherry, from green herbs and licorice to plums and ripe raspberries. And then tannins announce

themselves, for they come not singularly, but in legion. The wine’s beautiful natural acid stands up, the tannins grip, the fruit floods; there is a deep and diving interplay and a clean, long finish