Sam Plunkett Major Plains Vineyard Shiraz 2022
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About the wine
This sumptuous single vineyard Shiraz has been given the VIP treatment by Sam
- When Scott Feldtmann (who looks after the Gentle Annie vineyard) offered me some pristine fruit from his own vineyard, Major Plains, I knew it would be too good an opportunity to pass up! The vineyard is dry grown and produces a very small crop of intensely coloured and concentrated fruits.
- To show at its best, high end red wine needs new oak barrels, and these are expensive. Bond funding helped me to buy the best oak which lets this wine sing. Truth is, I wouldn’t be making this wine without the fantastic support of Bondholders!
- An impressive inky depth fills your glass with a purple rim. It has a great intensity of flavour - rich and powerful with great length. There is also a velvetiness to it, which makes it attractive to drink rather than just being all about power. I hope you’ll be blown away by it!
Sam, Winemaker
Best before
Drink now to 2031. With red meat to soften the tannins this wine can be enjoyed now, but I think this is one of those wines which will shine with 3-4 years bottle age. And for people who like the savoury characters of seriously mature wine, this Shiraz has the structure and high flavour intensity to let it age a decade or more.
Serving advice
Serve at 15-16°C. Open/Decant 30 minutes before serving
Food match
Go Vegan with Minestrone Soup! Also delicious with char-grilled steak.
Contains sulphites
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Australia
Victoria
Syrah | Shiraz
Big Red
14.3% ABV
75cl
Vegan
Vegetarian
Wine profile
Meet the winemaker - Sam Plunkett
- Legend is a word we sometimes overuse, but in Sam's case, it's true. Over in Oz he’s regarded as one of their greatest living winemakers. Getting on for a thousand medals and trophies to his name, including the daddy of them all – the Best Shiraz in Australia Trophy at the 2010 Great Australian Shiraz Challenge.
- Yet if you met him, you’d probably mistake him for the gardener. He’s one of the most down-to-earth, approachable blokes you’ll ever meet. He wears a beat-up old hat and drives a beat-up old pick up, and when he’s not in the vineyard, you’re likely to find him up a ladder with a wrench in his hand.
- From being in a pretty sticky situation back in 2011 when he was unexpectedly bought-out by his business partner, Sam has just achieved his lifetime dream; he’s converted an old textile factory into his very own gleaming high-tech winery and it’s all thanks to Angel funding!
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