Dandelion Riesling 'Enchanted Garden' Eden Valley 2023

Description

Dandelion Vineyards is the venture of self-titled typist Zar Brooks and his winemaking wife Elena, with wines made from the Barossa and Eden Valleys, Fleurieu, the Adelaide Hills and McLaren Vale. Nick Stock, one of Australias leading journalists, has described Dandelion as follows: Brooks has teamed up with his winemaking wife Elena, a woman whose talents are outweighed only by her tolerance, in an exciting new venture called Dandelion Vineyards. The approach is remarkably simple and sees Elena making wine from a suite of beautiful old vineyards across that blessed curve that runs from the Barossa, up through the Eden Valley and Adelaide Hills and down into McLaren Vale.

Bright in the glass with tinges of green and white-gold. Classic aromas of citrus zest, candied peels, dragon fruit and hints of herbs and rye seeds. This is an attractively textural wine displaying the variety's intense purity. Bone-dry, its structure and length is underpinned by bracing acidity.

94 points, Decanter

As a visitor to Eden Valley, McLaren Vale winemaker Elena Brooks has the keen sense to focus intently on single-vineyard expressions. This sings of vibrant freshness with puckery lemon sherbet, lime zest and granite zing that hangs through a long, persistent palate. It’s significantly different from Elena’s Wonderland of the Eden Valley Riesling, which has a tighter lime juice squeeze in a more austere palate.