John Duval Plexus Shiraz Grenache Mourvedre 2022 Barossa Valley – 6 Bottles

TASTING NOTES: My aim with Plexus is to express the wide spectrum of red fruit flavours from Shiraz, Grenache and Mourvedre and also provide a structure with a seamless balance and long finish. Traditional, low intervention winemaking techniques are employed with Plexus, allowing the wine to be approachable in its youth, but also have a medium-term cellaring potential for 8-10 years. Fermentation with submerged cap and small open stainless steel fermenters. 100% barrel maturated for 14 months, with just 8% new fine grain French oak hogsheads (300-litre barrels); with the balance 3-6-year-old barrels. Some Shiraz finished fermentation in new French oak. Vibrant purple-red. Attractive red and black fruit with savoury notes. Generous with good intensity of blackberry fruit and Christmas cake character. Appealing texture with soft tannin backbone.