About the wine
Sam's white dessert wine is a lip-smacking labor of love that's as sweet as honey
- This sweet, golden treasure smacks of mouthwatering apricot and honey with a creamy texture that carries on for ages. It's wonderfully sweet but also elegantly balanced by a bit of aging in fancy French Oak and even a little Russian Oak!
- It's one of the trickiest wines Sam makes, but you can taste the extra effort and love that goes into every drop. Leave a little out in a glass and taste how the flavors change as the wine warms up – get the whole range in a single glass, going from the sweeter fruit and honey flavors to a more savory nutmeg character and toastiness.
- Pair with your favorite bleu cheese to cut through a bit of the sweetness, and remember, the fun thing about sweeter wines is they tend to stay delicious practically forever after you open them. One last thing: Sam has something to admit – “I love this wine!”
Best before
The late harvest Viognier is delicious now, but has extraordinary ability to age - our kids will be pulling bottles out of the cellar way into the future and drinking a bit of delicious history. The high sugar acts like a natural preservative, combined with the great concentration of flavor, the wine has decades ahead of it.
Serving advice
Drink it cool - not quite straight out of the fridge but 42-46ºF.
Food match
It's not really local, but a local French friend makes Tarte Tatin which is a treat with the sticky Viognier.
Contains sulphites
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Australia
Strathbogie Ranges
Viognier
Dessert & Fortified
12.5% ABV
500ml
Vegan
Vegetarian
Wine profile
Meet the winemaker - Sam Plunkett
- Sam is one of our Australian All-Stars. He garnered lots of attention as the award-winning winemaker at Plunkett Fowles.
- But Plunkett Fowles hit rough waters and Sam wasn't sure he'd be able to stay in the wine business...until he became Angel funded. Your support put his startup on the map.
- Now Sam is off to the races – with the same dedication to quality winemaking that won so many accolades at Plunkett Fowles – and none of the bother about sales and marketing.
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