Sam Plunkett Whitegate Vineyard Shiraz 2016
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About the wine
Top-drawer Shiraz from the man who won Best Shiraz in Australia
- 18 months ago, you voted for me to make my fantasy Shiraz - So I decided to make you a one-off, special wine as a proper treat! I used Angel funding to secure fruit from an award-winning family vineyard I've been working with for years.
- The Whitegate vineyard is elevated above sea level - the cooler temperature means a longer growing season which really maxes the fruit’s flavour, resulting in something really quite special.
- I broke all the rules with this one, and the result has blown me away. It’s insanely delicious – rich and powerful yet velvety smooth to drink. Sam, Winemaker
Best before
Drink now to 2025. The wine has good intensity of flavour, and a plushness which make it a lovely drink now. The normal language about aging is to say it will 'improve' in the bottle. But I'm just going to say it will develop, because I really do think its a lovely drink now. I know it will be more savoury and complex as it develops, but not necessarily improved from now!
Serving advice
Serve at 16-18°C. Open/Decant 1-2 hours before serving
Food match
Roasted whole piece of Eye Fillet steak. A bit of the charry black stuff on the outside, and juicy pink inside!
Contains sulphites
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Australia
Strathbogie Ranges
Syrah | Shiraz
Big Red
14.8% ABV
75cl
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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