About the wine
Super premium single vineyard Shiraz from a cool, up-and-coming Aussie region
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When we asked Sam what type of wine he’d make if he could pull out all the stops, he told us he’d love to do a special cool climate Aussie Shiraz, like the styles he grew up on, made using high-end grapes from a single vineyard and barrel matured for extra complexity. We were licking our lips at the sound of it, so we gave Mr Shiraz the thumbs-up, and this wine was born.
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Sam pinpointed Australia's up-and-coming Upper Goulburn region as his starting point for making this wine. It’s one of the country’s chilliest winemaking spots, where cool, crisp evenings offset long days with plenty of sunshine, to produce high-quality wines of incredible elegance and purity. The single vineyard he used was Yarradindi, whose vines produced an incredible low yield of fruit, to give this wine an impressive, concentrated character. Finally, it was aged for a year and a half in posh French and American oak barrels, to round out the flavours and soften the tannins beautifully.
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Pour yourself a glass and sniff, and you’ll be met with enchanting aromas of sweet red berries and blackcurrant, and a mint and eucalypt character that stands out among many fine Aussie wines. There’s a sweet spice note from the time spent maturing in the barrel too. On the palate it’s elegant and smoky… very smart and very satisfying. Soft enough to enjoy straight away, this little ripper will only build in complexity over the next few years in the bottle.
Best before
Drink now to 2027
Serving advice
Open/Decant 30 mins before serving
Food match
Sam has a cracking food recommendation for this wine... "Felix (our 21 YO son) and his wonderful girlfriend Stella were at home last week. Stella made an amazing vegetarian lasagne with 4 kinds of mushroom, a little bit of chilli and lots of salty cheese. It's a complicated 3 hr masterpiece so I'll point you to a google search of Yotam Ottolenghi's Spicy Mushroom Lasagne. If you have the time, this umami wonder and a glass of the Yarradindi Shiraz will change your life!"
Contains sulphites
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Australia
Central Victoria
Syrah | Shiraz
Big Red
14.2% 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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