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"Elena Brooks crowned Colin Kroehn's ancient Eden Valley Vineyard as the Red Queen of the Eden Valley whose age, altitude, aspect and slope are key to her reign. Planted in 1912, the vineyard sits at 1,550 feet above sea level on a south facing slope on approximately 600 million year old sub-soil. From these ancient, gnarled vines, many over a hundred years of age, are not only surviving but thriving on their own roots in some of the oldest soils on the planet." - Importer "The Red Queen of the Eden Valley vineyard was 103 years young in vintage 2014. These ancient, gnarled vines, many over a hundred years of age, are not only surviving but thriving on their own roots in some of the oldest soils on the planet. In April whole bunches of flavour ripe Shiraz were hand harvested, then we gently crushed two thirds of the grapes over a third of whole bunch fruit and naturally fermented in open fermenters for eleven days, hand plunged three times a day, before careful basket pressing into half new and half one year old French Oak Barriques to finish fermentation. Two and a half years maturation and a racking in the same oak, we bottled this fifth vintage of Red Queen without filtration or fining, to capture the essence of the vineyard. Dandelion Vineyard’s Red Queen will reward cellaring and decanting. Thank you Mr. Kroehn." - Winery