Dandelion Vineyards Lionheart of the Barossa Shiraz 2022

Much of the fruit for this stellar value Barossa Shiraz comes from vines more than a century old. Hand harvesting, gentle crushing and a natural fermentation, before a year and a half in French oak barriques, some new but mostly older. The wine is named after Carl Lindner, a lifetime champion of Barossa’s old vines – their Lionheart. A lovely chocolatey Barossa Shiraz, which is terrific value. Notes of cocoa powder, coffee beans, mocha and black fruits. A supple texture, with soft, gentle tannins on the finish. There is good intensity of flavour right through the wine woth notes of aniseed emerging on the finish. Enjoy this any time over the next half dozen years.