Sam Plunkett The Butterfly Effect Shiraz 2014
About the wine
The Shiraz that gets Angels in a frenzy is back!
- Sam has truly outdone himself with this vintage of his consistently top-selling wine! Around half the fruit in this wine comes from his Father's vineyard in the Strathbogie Ranges, a cool climate region that is gives wine wonderful aromas. You'll enjoy red fruit, cocoa and pepper on the nose. Fruit on the palate is balanced by another warm inland vineyard giving the wine its softness. The different components work together beautifully to make a rich wine with a layer of textural complexity.
- Deep red colours will fill your glass, with a youthful purple at the rim. In the mouth these berry flavours take on a lovely 'jube' like character. This is a full bodied dry red, but with a juiciness which gives it an appealing softness.
- Stock up now before this vintage disappears...again! Sam's the man when it comes to innovative small batch winemaking. The creative techniques he uses take more work than a single big ferment, but allows the process to be tailored for each unique parcel of grapes. Thus, colour extraction, flavour and tannin are optimised to the right level from each parcel. Sam is a firm believer that the small batch approach produces higher quality wine with more character than simple big scale winemaking. And of course, small batches would normally be associated with wine twice the price! There are few if any comparable wines on the markert. Angels have made this outstanding wine possible, so lap up your reward and enjoy the bang for your buck!
Best before
Good drinking now and over the next 2-4 years.
Serving advice
Ideally serve at 16-18C. No need to decant or let it breath - crack it open and enjoy a glass!
Food match
This is a pretty versatile wine; great with red meats, pizza, Mediterranean fare...
Contains sulphites
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Australia
Victoria
Syrah | Shiraz
Big Red
14.0% ABV
75cl
Vegetarian
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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