Plantagenet Mount Barker Angevin Riesling has grapes sourced exclusively from their own vineyards in Mount Barker, Western Australia. Pale straw in colour, this wine opens with intense floral and lime notes. The palate is piercingly focused, with an vibrant core of citrus fruit and wet stone, underpinned by abundant natural acidity. A well structured and elegant wine with a long, clean finish.
The fruit was machine-harvested in the cool of night, with free-run juice and pressings kept separate. It was lightly fined and cold-settled before fermentation. A neutral yeast strain was used to showcase the vineyard’s natural fruit profile, with cool stainless steel fermentation below 15°C carried to dryness. After fermentation, the wine was racked, retained on light lees with regular stirring, and blended to taste before a gentle fining and bottling
The Plantagenet range of wines is named in honour of a family, branch, or region from the Plantagenet Royal House, which ruled England and France from the 12th to 15th century.
The Angevins were a royal house in the 12th and early 13th centuries; its monarchs were Henry II, Richard I and John. In the ten years from 1144, two successive Counts of Anjou, Geoffrey and his son, the future Henry II, won control of a vast assemblage of lands in western Europe that would retrospectively be referred to as the Angevin Empire. The Plantagenet dynasty was formed when Henry II succeeded the English throne in 1154 following the death of King Stephen.
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Located in the Mount Barker township (part of the Shire of Plantagenet), Plantagenet was the first winery in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The area is famous for its
premium quality and cool-climate wine production. Its proximity to the Southern Ocean ensures the slow ripening of the grapes, which enhances fruit composition and aromatic qualities.
Plantagenet’s five vineyards of 126 hectares are located south and west of Mount Barker, planted on gravelly loam soils over a clay, sand and ironstone rock base.
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£22.00 a bottle
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Plantagenet wines enjoy enormous success. The purity of fruit captured by winemaker Richard Robson, allied to their reasonable prices, illustrate the reasons for this success.
While the Plantagenet wines all come from grapes grown in mature vineyards in Mt. Baker, the Omrah range is made from fruit from younger vineyards, or from bought in fruit. This range also offers excellent value, something that has made them a hit in Australia.
The largest region in Western Australia and has four sub-regions, Albany, Frankland River, Mount Barker and Porongurup. As with Margaret River the suitability of this region for premium quality wines was as a result of two research reports from Californian viticulturalist Professor Harold Olmo and the Western Australian scientist Dr John Gladstone in the 50s and 60s and the ongoing enthusiasm of Bill Jamison, the Western Australia’s state viticulturaist at the time. In 1965 there were experimental plantings at Forest Hill. Further trials took place and by 1972 the first harvest was sent to Houghtons and Sandalford for winemaking by Jack Mann and his son Dorham. What transpired was development that gained momentum in the 70’s and accelerated in the 80’s. The climate is maritime influenced Mediterranean, with significant differences reflected between the sub-regions. The main wine styles: Red – Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir; White – Riesling, and Chardonnay.
Possible one of the greatest white grape varieties in the world. It can make outstanding wines with power, flavour, elegance, and has the ability to age. The range of styles vary from the light and crisp to rich sweet desert wines.
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