Jen Pfeiffer The Diamond Durif 2018
What the critics think
Gold Medal
Decanter World Wine Awards 2021
What the critics think
Gold Medal
Decanter World Wine Awards 2021
About the wine
This punchy powerhouse red is a lush, brooding Aussie knockout
- This delectable Down Under Durif (Aussie-speak for Petite Sirah) is rich and powerful, brooding with lush flavors of ripe plum and dark cherries, with a mouth-filling smoothness and luxuriously long finish.
- Jen’s Durif is a dazzling blend of fruit from two beautiful vineyards in her home region of Rutherglen in South Australia, chosen specifically for producing picture-perfect grapes loaded with concentrated, powerfully fruity flavors.
- The unbelievably big, bold flavors of Jen’s Diamond Durif are perfect with a whole shoulder of lamb that’s been massaged with garlic, fresh rosemary and olive oil, then slow-cooked until fork tender.
Best before
If you love your reds big and bold, my Diamond Durif is sure to wow you now with its punchy fruit and impressive power. However, my Diamond Durif has the structure for long-term maturation for 15 years to 2033, for a complex wine with rounded fruit and earthy berry notes.
Serving advice
Being such a young bold red, I recommend opening and allowing this wine to breathe, or decanting for as long as possible prior to serving, anywhere between 3-6 hours. If time is your enemy, an aerator can help introduce oxygen to the wine to help open it up, or even double decanting (decanting the wine into a jug, then back into the bottle) can also help the wine reveal itself. The ideal serving temperature is around 54-62ºF.
Food match
My Diamond Durif loves anything that is rich in protein. Try it with BBQ'd short ribs, slow cooked lamb shanks in Durif sauce, or slow cooker beef brisket with BBQ sauce. A must-try vegetarian pairing is Durif-baked mushrooms, olives and herbs, served with brown rice and caramelized onions; or Mexican black beans with corn chips.
Contains sulphites
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Australia
Rutherglen. Heathcote
Petite Sirah | Durif
Big Red
14.9% ABV
750ml
Vegetarian
Wine profile
Meet the winemaker - Jen Pfeiffer
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Jen grew up in a winemaking family and has been sipping legendary Australian wines from an early age. She's been able to travel widely and honed her craft with some of the best names in the business in France and Portugal before coming home to Australia
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At Naked, Jen has full creative freedom to make wines her way. This is a huge win for all involved since Jen earned the title of Wine Society's Young Winemaker of the Year!
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Her meticulous approach ensures she brings the very best out of the grapes that she works with. With Angel support, Jen makes an exclusive range of premium wines to prove Oz makes great boutique wines at remarkable prices.
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