THE LOST PLOT

Say hello to the class of 2020

This vintage, we're really excited to present our newest addition - the Grampians Shiraz. In true Lost Plot style, Matt has sourced some excellent Shiraz fruit, grown by Garry Rice in Concongella, near the Grampians. It joins our latest Rosé and Roussanne, both made by Matt from fruit grown by Sarah Gough at Box Grove Vineyards in Nagambie, Vic.

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2020 Rosé

100% Mourvèdre

Nagambie, Victoria

Taungurung Land

Our 2020 Rosé is 100% Mourvèdre, pretty delicious and dangerously drinkable. 

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Very pale copper/bronze in colour, it's a harmonious little number with stone fruit, citrus, spice and florals. Lovely notes of raspberry, clingstone peaches and almond mingling together. A lot of aromatics.

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Vineyard: Box Grove Vineyard,

Nagambie, Victoriaon Taungurung land.

Bottles Made: 2,013

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Alcohol: 13.2%

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Technical Stuff: You'll find here

2020 Roussanne

100% Roussanne

Nagambie, Victoria

Taungurung Land

The Roussanne is a textural, yet clean, white wine that this is great with food. 

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Bright straw to pale yellow. Lots of spiced pear and yellow peach to begin with almond and lemon zest chiming in. The palate is medium to full, with generous fruit weight and texture. All underpinned by guiding acidity and a lingering finish.

Vineyard: Box Grove Vineyard,

Nagambie, on Taungurung land.

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Bottles Made: 2,013

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Alcohol: 14%

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Technical Stuff: You'll find here

2020 Shiraz

95% Shiraz, 5% Roussanne

Concongella, Victoria

Jardwadjali Land

Our newest addition, the Grampians Shiraz, is 95% Shiraz with a touch of Roussanne.

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Bright ruby red, the palate is soft and supple with tightly woven tannins and mellow acidity. Berry compote, baking spices and dried herbs, this wine has been lightly handled to allow the fruit

to shine.

Vineyard: Garry Rice, Concongella, Victoria, on Jardwadjali land.

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Bottles Made: 2,839

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Alcohol: 13.5%

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Technical Stuff: You'll find here

We're about finding great parcels of land that grow beautiful fruit, and turning that fruit into the wines we're proud to add to The Lost Plot stable. In the past this has taken us into the wilds of the Languedoc, France, and around Victoria, Australia.

Our first wines were made in both France and Australia by our founding winemaker, Paul Old (of Les Clos Perdus fame). Trying to make wine on opposite sides of the globe saw Paul hand over the baton in 2018 

to the very talented and capable hands of Matt Campbell.

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Matt has been making wine since 2005, with his first vintage with Dromana Estate. Since then he's done vintages in France (Les Clos Perdus in Corbières, Le Soula in Roussillon, Domaine Chevrot in Burgundy), started a side project, Mattara Wines, all the while working as Assistant Winemaker at Crittenden Estate, since 2008.

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Matt’s first vintage with The Lost Plot brought our 2019 wines - Roussanne, Rosé and the Syrah Grenache Mourvèdre blend, which have all been well received, despite being launched when restaurants and bars had been badly hit by Covid. These wines show Matt’s approach of gentle handling and minimal mucking around to produce wines that keep their acidity and freshness. With savoury styles in mind, Matt has restrained the Australian 'fruit forward' approach, allowing the secondary and tertiary notes to show in these young wines, giving an overall palate roundness and length.

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The 2020 vintage has Roussanne and Rosé, and the newest addition to our family - a wonderful Shiraz from fruit grown by Garry Rice in the Grampians.

Matt works with talented growers like Sarah Gough at Box Grove, Nagambie, the Merindoc folk at Heathcote, and Gary Rice in the Grampians, taking that fruit to produce elegant wines that reflect his approach of making wine that is considered and complex, but not complicated.

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