Plantagenet Lancaster Shiraz 2019 (Great Southern)

Plantagenet’s vineyard estate has been carved out of the Great Southern's distinctive Marri Soils named after the massive native Marri, or Red Gum trees that grow there.

The soils are ironstone gravelly sandy loams over a base of clay or ironstone rock. The vineyard block sites were selected where good water drainage allows control over vine vigour, one of the most important determinants of fruit quality.

Machine harvested, de-stemmed, 7-day cold soak, open fermentation with a combination of rack and return and pump-overs, pressed at dryness, matured for 18 months in a combination new (30%) and older French oak barrels, prior to final blending and bottling.