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Dandelion Vineyards

2022

‘Pride of the Fleurieu’

Cabernet Sauvignon   |   Southern Fleurieu - Australia
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About

This Pride of the Fleurieu Cabernet was grown on Tony Brooks’ and Professor Barbara Santich’s dry-grown Stranger’s Reach Vineyard on the Fleurieu Penninsula overlooking the Finniss River wetlands. This block is cooled by the Great Southern Ocean and Lake Alexandrina where low rainfall and deep alluvial soils encourage Cabernet to ‘populate or perish’. The motif here is always generous fruit and structured tannin in perfect harmony.

Selected bunches were hand picked by family and friends and gently crushed into open top fermenters. After 8 days of fermentation, the wine was then basket pressed into some new but predominately older French oak barriques for 18 months maturation and then bottled without filtration or fining and a reasonable dosage of sulfur.

Stats

  • Grapes: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Vineyard: Stranger's Reach Vineyard
  • Vine Age: Average: 25-years-old
  • Soil Type: Deep alluvial mix
  • Viticulture: Sustainable – dry-farmed
  • Fermentation: Native – stainless steel (100% de-stemmed and crushed)
  • Skin Contact: 8 days
  • Aging: 18 months in French barrique (20% new)
  • Alcohol: 14.5%
  • pH: 3.47
  • Total Acidity: 6.8 g/L
  • Total SO2: 90 ppm
  • Total Production: 1,500 cases
  • UPC: 9342160000133

Tasting Note

Dark purple with violet highlights. The nose offers blackberries, cassis, mint, and a hint of cigar box. Plush dark fruits on the palate balance with structured, drying tannins. A refined Cabernet, perfect for hearty, nostalgic pairings.

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Producer


Dandelion Vineyards

Region


Southern Fleurieu

Country


Australia

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