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Bird in Hand Shiraz 2021
Sold by Vinvm
£20.30
(As of 18/11/2024)
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TYRRELL'S BLACKSMITH'S HUT SHIRAZ 2021
Sold by Laithwaites
£19.99
(As of 27/03/2023)
£21.99
Angels Angel Price
£17.99
This wine's an award winner…
Bronze Medal
International Wine Challenge 2024
About the wine
Sam jumped at the chance to make this super-rare Shiraz from 100-year-old vines
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I'd made wine from old vines for clients before, but never had access to fruit from seriously old vines myself. I got a call from Peter Booth at Taminick Cellars who asked if I was interested in some fruit from his family’s Shiraz block planted in 1919. I jumped at the opportunity - and thank you Naked and Ray for backing me to do so.
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Making wine from old vine fruit is fascinating - firstly to be thinking about and respectful of the work and aspirations of past generations who planted, loved, and kept these vines in production. Also there is excitement about the intense flavour and quality of tannin which is a feature of old vine reds.
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The wine is full bodied but not a monster, with an unusual freshness and extraordinary length on the palate. It has deep ruby red colour and pretty red fruit aromatics including red currants along with a black pepper note and a suggestion of rosemary. There is also a sweet spice note from time in oak barrels. The tannins have a fineness to them. It can be enjoyed now, but if people can bear to put it away, I hope a few of these bottles make it to a decade old for some real wow!
Sam Plunkett, Winemaker
Best before
Drink now to 2033
Serving advice
Serve at room temperature, 16-18°C. No need to decant.
Food match
"To quote Matt Voissey (cellarhand with us, and in a previous life a chef)... this wine would be bangin' with lamb! Matt says... stab holes in a lamb shoulder and jam in some garlic and rosemary into the holes. Perhaps a bottle of red wine (in truth he said it doesnt have to be very good!) and some chopped up root veggies in the bottom of the pan. Sit the lamb on top of the veggies, a decent grind of salt and pepper, cover it in baking paper, then a lid a foil over the top and into the oven for a long slow (12-16 hour) roast."
Contains sulphites
Always check the label
Australia
Glenrowan
Syrah | Shiraz
Big Red
14.0% 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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