$24.00 a Bottle 

The aristocratic blend of luxury, curiosity and whimsy

At the end of old vine garden path there is a historic ‘Menagerie’ of three grape varieties, adjoining blocks of Grenache, Shiraz and Mataro at Gomersal in the Barossa. After hand-picking selected bunches of their Menagerie field blend, winemaker Elena Brooks decided to let the whole bunches ferment together in open top fermenters with ambient or ‘other people’s’ yeasts. The wine was hand plunged for 14 days, before basket pressing into old French Oak barriques. The wine then matured for a further 12 months in the same oak, before bottling without fining or filtration to capture the essence of Dandelion’s vinous Menagerie of the Barossa. 

This first ever vintage of their Menagerie of the Barossa has a high level of natural acidity, a pH of 3.27 of and is bone dry, a ménage à trois that makes this wine truly of its time and place, and although ready to drink immediately it will also reward cellaring and decanting.

The nose is a summer pudding of lifted red fruits, berries and a hit of cinnamon and Asian spice. Wild cherries, Damson plums, mulberries and an impressive structure balanced by spicy oak. The palate is opulent; intense red berries balanced by soft velvety tannins and supple oak with great balance from the acid renown in Barossa Grenache.

Enjoy :)