Menagerie of the Barossa Grenache Shiraz Mataro

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Menagerie of the Barossa Grenache Shiraz Mataro 2016
Menagerie of the Barossa Grenache Shiraz Mataro 2016
2013 Dandelion Vineyards Menagerie of the Barossa Grenache Shiraz Mataro won a Gold medal at the China Wine and Spirits Best Value Awards 2015. The China Wine & Spirits Awards is the biggest & most prestigious wine & spirits competition in China. All 100 Judges are carefully selected for being the top buyers of wines and spirits for the market and are importers, distributors, retailers and sommeliers. Wines and spirits enter from 35 countries and are blind tasted.
This is the complete review by James Halliday of the Menagerie of the Barossa Grenache Shiraz Mataro at 94 points: "An 80/15/5% blend of whole bunches from adjoining blocks in the Gomersol district, open-fermented, hand plunged and matured for 12 months in used French barriques. Has more depth and structure than most Barossa Valley GSMs, eight up there with McLaren Vale; red and black cherry fruits ride shotgun, supported by perfectly pitched tannins." Drink to 2020
90+ points: "Medium garnet-­purple in color, the 2012 Menagerie of the Barossa Grenache Shiraz Mataro presents aromas of warm mulberries, kirsch and red currant jelly highlighted by hints of garrigue, dried herbs and pepper..." Lisa Perrotti­-Brown eRobertParker.com # , #212 (May 2014)