Dandelion Vineyards Damsel of the Barossa Merlot 750ml

Vintage 2023

Crimson-black and lively and enticingly dark-violet-blue. A tightrope 100 feet up with concentrated blackberry and blueberry on one end of the balance pole and a lick of heightened oak and confectionery on the other. Inky aniseed, fennel, pink peppercorns and bay leaf waft down as we all look up in wonder. Merlot's power sits here in a tight and unwound coil of red-berry fruit energy, much like a Black Hole drawing all else in. Black and blueberries; raspberry compote; hints of cassis and mulberry jam. This is textural red wine, yet also carries a berry-fruit sweetness and succulence; then it is overcome by super-powdery tannins and flavours more savoury; then the lushness returns, then, and then, and on and on.