Sam Plunkett Single Vineyard Series Forest Hut Shiraz 2018
About the wine
Packed with colour and flavour
The fruit for this wine was grown on the Forest Hut vineyard in the Pyrenees wine region of Victoria. An unirrigated vineyard growing small tiny berries packed with colour and flavour.
The Shiraz has an inky depth of colour and shows a lovely magenta red at the rim. The aroma is of dark cherries, chocolate and also a blackcurrant note. On the palate the wine is rich and has a plush 'slipperiness' to it. A great concentration of flavour, and loads of power and weight, but combined with a roundness which makes it a really enjoyable drink.
I'm always hesitant to publicly mention benchmark wines from this vineyard, but can I say that this is up there with some of the best Australian Shiraz, that would comfortably sit with wines over $60 per bottle.
Best before
This Shiraz has great ageing potential - perhaps as much as a decade. But it also has a richness and plushness which makes it a delicious drink now.
Serving advice
As a young wine, no need to decant. But as it matures it might throw and crust and be worth decanting. Decanting will also smash some air into it, which when it is a mature wine will help it open up.
Food match
Steak and Shiraz is a match made in heaven.
Contains sulphites
Always check the label
Australia
Pyrenees
Shiraz
Big Red
13.0% ABV
75cl
Wine profile
Meet the winemaker - Sam Plunkett
- Winemaking legend Sam sources grapes from the family vineyard in the Strathbogie ranges of Central Victoria. Winemakers don't come much more in love with their job than him - he'd "happily spend everyday around tanks, barrels, stainless steel toys and wine".
He’s had a meteoric rise from self-taught winemaker to a multi award-winner and even has his own cellar door now! His winery was recently recognised as one of the Top 10 Dark Horse wineries in James Halliday's 2021 Awards.
The backing of thousands of Naked Angels has helped pave the way for Sam to continue making the great wine he loves, exclusively for you!
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