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5 Red Star Winery James Halliday Wine Companion “John Duval is an internationally recognised winemaker. having been the custodian of Penfolds Grange for almost 30 years as part of his role as chief red winemaker at Penfolds. In 2003 he established his eponymous brand. and providing consultancy services to clients in various parts of the world. On the principle if not broken. dont fix. he is basing his business on shiraz and shiraz blends from old vine vineyards in the Barossa Valley. The brand name Plexus denotes combining the different elements of shiraz/grenache/mourvedre into a coherent structure. ”
John Duval … “My aim with Plexus is express the wide spectrum of red fruit flavours from Shiraz. Grenache and Mourvedre and also provide 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 medium term cellaring potential for 8 10 years. ”
93 points Gary Walsh. The Wine Front … “Milk chocolate. brown bread. ripe red and black fruit. Medium bodied “ freshening acidity sits a little high in the wine. but should settle “ fine grained tannin good length. Control and lack of confection. Should age well and develop further interest. “
