John Duval Plexus GSM 2007
$3499each
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WineryJohn Duval
Fruit Shiraz Grenache Mourvedre
Regions Barossa
  South Australia
Each $34.99
$419.00
Currently out of stock
Excellent Langtons Classified. John Duval's aim with Plexus is to express the wide spectrum of red fruit flavours from Shiraz, Grenache and Mourvedre, but also provide structure with a seamless balance and long finish. A low percentage of new oak adds complexity without dominating the berry fruit. Grenache is sourced from old bush vines fifty to sixty years of age from the Stockwell, Light Pass and Krondorf regions. Mourvedre is collated from old bush vines, some over a century old, grown to precious little sites in the Light Pass and Krondorf regions.
John Duval was Penfolds chief winemaker for many years, his family provided Penfolds with wine grapes and rootstock which was planted to the distinguished Magill Estate Vineyard. Old vine Shiraz 51%, Grenache 28% and Mourvedre 21% treated to traditional, low intervention winemaking techniques, allowing the wine to be approachable in it's youth, but also have great potential for improvement in the bottle under good cellaring conditions. Vinified with submerged cap in old open top tanks and small steel fermenters. Barrel matured for sixteen months in 10% new fine grain French 300 litre oak hogsheads, the balance in older mostly French oak. Some Shiraz finished fermentation in new oak. Alcohol 14.5%
TASTING NOTES
Colour is a vibrant, deep crimson red purple. A combination of lifted aromatic red fruits with a touch of savoury spice, and subtle complexing oak. Youthful aromatic red and black fruits combine well with an array of spices. Shiraz and Mourvedre provide good backbone tannins and structure, which is balanced by the aromatics and softness of Grenache. Good depth of flavour, without being heavy or over-ripe.
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About John Duval Winery
John Duval is one of the world's best known winemakers, the poud heir of a family tradition that boasts four generations of South Australian vignerons
He has been saluted many times on the world stage, notably International Winemaker of the Year 1989 and twice Red Winemaker of the Year in 1991 and 2000. After 29 years as a winemaker with Penfolds, one of the world's most famous wineries, John Duval embarked on his own wine label in 2003. John believes he has indeed been fortunate throughout his career, graduating in agriculture and winemaking in 1973 at Adelaide University. John has followed in the footsteps of some of the greats of Australian winemaking such as Max Schubert, the creator of Penfolds Grange and Don Ditter, another famous Penfolds winemaker of the 1970s and early '80s. John Duval»