Peter Lehmann `Black Queen` Barossa Valley Sparkling Shiraz

Bright and deep crimson red, the aroma is abundant in juicy red fruits and Christmas cake with a subtle toasted oak lift. With naturally supple and silky tannins, the wine is soft and abundant in rich dark blue fruits with a lovely trifle and strawberries and cream character. Gentle beading and a delicate, soft mousse makes the palate luscious and seductive. A brooding, savoury dark chocolate backbone of flavour balanced with sweet perfumed oak notes leads to a great length of blackberry and plum conserve. The fruit sweetness is apparent, but balanced by the complexity of fruit-weight and time spent on lees prior to disgorgement.