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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93.5 pts. and median of 94 pts. in 28 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by prasm on 3/11/2024 & rated 89 points: Tasted at winery in Yarra Valley. Appearance: Clear, medium garnet with brown edges. Nose: Clean, medium intensity with developed aromas of leather, cigar box, stewed plums, and cardamom. Palate: Dry, medium- acid, medium tannin, medium+ body, 13.0% abv with developed flavors of stewed plum, tobacco, and leather with a medium finish - at, or just past, peak - drink now. (420 views) | | | Tasted by Genghis88 on 8/26/2023 & rated 94 points: Checking in on this vintage after a three year hiatus.
Some nice ageing happening here. Base notes are still the same, but I;m getting more tar, and jam notes now. Lots of strawberry preserve.
This wine is absolutely delicious. I score it 94 pts last time, and I will maintain that score. No need to wait. Drink up or hold. (891 views) | | | Tasted by Vini Ciclismo on 8/20/2022 & rated 90 points: Vintage 2012 Tasting: med weight colour
soft clean nose
plump ripe fruits, red berry dominates, some fine tar spice adds complexity, fine furry tannins, on the softer side but drinks nicely (1498 views) | | | Tasted by Seth Rosenberg on 11/27/2021 & rated 92 points: Opened last night and this was completely dumb - and really weird. I put the cork back in and now, 18 hours later, we are starting to get something. From a Conterno Sensory. This shows red and slightly blue fruit - but as close to actual jam/preserves as I've ever smelled in a wine - strawberry or cherry preserves. Some varnish and volatility I think. There's some sort of herbal savory thing - garrigue or something like that. The palate is similar - it has the jam flavors but also combnined with a savory almost meaty aspect. It's kind of like a bite of fatty duck breast with a red fruit compote all in one. Curious to see how this develops with more air.
t= +26 hours: opening well and not dumb at all. The nose shows strawberries and cherries, sour cherry, strawberry compote, marzipan, spices, garrigue, a bit of blood/guts. It's lovely and quite it's own thing - would have no idea if blinded, and probably would guess Musar. Not a big or modern wine in any way. Palate of very pure strawberry and cherry and sour cherry -red and tart and savory, herbs and garrigue. Almost light on the palate - high acid and tart. Finish is tart red fruit and garrigue. This is very iconoclastic and quirky IMO. I like it. Given the feel and the acid I think this needs another 10-15 years and could open up really well but I'm not on sure footing with that. Nose - 5-5.5/6, Palate - 5+?/6, Finish - 5+?/6, Je ne Sais Quoi - 1+?/2 = 16-16.5+?/20 (with 16-17.5/20 potential.) (2025 views) | | | Tasted by funwinesports on 3/12/2021 & rated 94 points: One of the truly great food-wine pairings of my life. Had this wine with a Double Cheeseburger at Gott's Roadside in St. Helena in April 2017. Phenomenal balance and exquisitely textured. (The wine was good too.) Best Burger wine ever. I said it. (1935 views) | | | Tasted by Genghis88 on 11/8/2020 & rated 94 points: Deep, dark inky-purple full bodied wine
Tons of baking spice, all spice, dark berries.
Dry, more black fruit off the palate. Medium plus finish. Not at all a fruit bomb and drinks like an Old World wine. No tell-tale Eucalyptus notes. This wine punches way above its weight class.
Asian Braised short ribs went perfectly with this wine (2116 views) | | | Tasted by djn63 on 6/17/2020 & rated 93 points: Fruitt so balanced. A light sweet balanced Probably in the window. Very very drinkable (2096 views) | | | Tasted by Drinking Trees on 10/29/2019: Nose of campfire smoke, rubber, and Ribena. Palate is light and smooth, like a low-strength spirit, smoothed out by mild tannin and acid. (2212 views) | | | Tasted by grapenomad on 5/3/2019 & rated 89 points: Tasted blind. Deep garnet in the glass. A very classic aged nose, lots of dried red fruit, violets, leather, sweet tobacco and Mediterranean herbs. Full-bodied with a high, crisp acidity and medium (+) alcohol. Tannins are ripe, almost sweet, but not too expressed. Tastes like a late 90s wine, but isn't oxidized. Strange. A shocking reveal - blend of Shiraz, Mourvèdre and Viognier. What. the. fuck? This was either going to come back to life next week (we drank every drop) or is just aging way too fast for '12. Was expecting much more varietal expression on the Shiraz front, didn't get it here. Guess: Brunello di Montalcino 1999 (2693 views) | | | Tasted by Cikgoo on 5/2/2019 & rated 94 points: Solid Rhone style (2067 views) | | | Tasted by barrkel on 3/10/2019 & rated 95 points: Lovely. Almost like a Cote Rotie in style. Gentle but persistent fruit, a hint of bacon, a crust of pepper, a meaty undertone, a spike of minerality, and a persistent herby stemmy note with mild long tannins. There's a sweetness, moreso than a northern Rhone, that softens the edge of the acid. Delicious and good QPR, because the quality is very high. (2371 views) | | | Tasted by Kwlharvey on 11/30/2018: Should decant for 30min - 1h. Fine tanin. Fresh floral taste with a slight licorice finish. Medium body. (1711 views) | | | Tasted by Parko82 on 5/24/2018 & rated 96 points: Stunning!! Touch and go for a 97....
Patrick's note sees it all really, the fruit power and elegance are irresistible, I kept coming back for more..
The balance impeccable with juicy plum fruit and raspberry acidity to lighten things up.. Oak, spot on with slight pepper savoury notes..
Love it, drinking perfectly now but could probably go 10 to 15 years more such is the balance but why bother risking the cork..
Yum yum... (2034 views) | | | Tasted by HODGO17 on 6/1/2017 & rated 94 points: beautiful drop, restrained quality red... (2749 views) | | | Tasted by SimonPh on 6/28/2015 & rated 96 points: Great cool climate shiraz, very Cote-Rotie like with lovely perfume straight out of the bottle and a lovely drink immediately. Developed complexity and richness in the glass and great tension throughout. Delicious. (3022 views) | | | Tasted by catchnrelease on 2/7/2015 & rated 93 points: Another bottle given to us by the Yarra Yering rep a day after opening. Showing much better on day two when compared to the No. 1. Definitely open and expressive. Red fruits, spices, capsicum and cracked pepper. So much pepper, but fortunately doesn't overpower the other elements of a complex wine. A very elegant and refined style of shiraz, and done pretty well at that. Finish was of decent length, no acidity sticking out or unpleasant tannins. This style will have its admirers.
Day three showed much of the same, except the pepper notes had been toned down. Starting to fade, though. Cellar time will be appreciated, but can be enjoyed now if you like your shiraz young and primary. At $90AU I probably won't be buying any, but will gladly jump at the chance to drink it again. Can't decide between 93-94. (2866 views) | | | Tasted by Patrick - winereviewer.com.au on 9/4/2014 & rated 97 points: This is a wonderful release from an exceptional producer in the Yarra Valley. As a wine it was difficult to put into words how balanced and textured it is and still do it justice.
The wine gives a glossy dark red hue in the glass, with the nose benefiting from the aromatic lift of Viognier that gives a floral note to the plum and sweetly spiced experience.
The wine unravels in layers with a perceived lightness, yet the palate is brimming with wonderfully integrated raspberry and plum fruits. The quality of oak in this wine can't be underplayed with the gentle hand giving superb structure and lingering spices to finish.
A remarkably good wine.
Review Link - www.winereviewer.com.au (drink from 2014-2029) (2981 views) | | | Tasted by startinoz on 8/18/2014 & rated 93 points: Briary black fruit. Medium body. Good. (2267 views) | | | Tasted by chatters on 7/17/2014: Cream, vanilla, slightly porty, concentrated black fruit, coffee and herbaceous notes, spicy. In the mouth the wine was juicy with slightly sweet black over red berry fruit, fine tannins, fruit carries quote long and finishes savoury bit it's a little simple. Tannins are slight chalky. Hmm. (1752 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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One of the first vineyards to be established in the modern Yarra Valley, Yarra Yering was founded in the early 1970s by Dr Bailey Carrodus. Dr. Carrodus served as winemaker until just prior to his death in September 2008 when he installed Paul Bridgeman.
Yarra Yering supplements the traditional Yarra Valley picks of cool climate pinot noir and chardonnay with an impressive array of red blends. Dr. Carrodus's first vintage (1973) brought forth his now iconic Dry Red #1 and Dry Red #2, a cabernet sauvignon and shiraz blend respectively. Since then, the range has expanded to include a number of red and white blends, as well as a some straight releases (pinot noir, shiraz, chardonnay and viognier).
The wines can vary considerably from vintage to vintage, but drinkers can bank on the releases being complex and very individual interpretations of the fruit and the terroir. Yarra Yering is not a "typical" approach to the Yarra Valley.
Dr. Carrodus's vineyard is second to none (perhaps an exaggeration...) in the Yarra Valley. It has expanded to 70+ acres of North and West facing slopes. It is adjacent to the ex-Halliday owned Coldstream Hills property, just outside of Gruyere.
Sarah Crowe joined Yarra Yering in 2013 after more than a decade in the Hunter Valley. She was lured to Victoria by the winery's impeccable reputation and the desire to produce cool-climate wines. In 2017 Sarah was named Halliday's Winemaker of the Year for the wines of 2014 – her very first vintage with Yarra Yering. Working harmoniously alongside her is Yarra Valley's homegrown vineyard manager Andrew George, who celebrates 10 years with the winery in 2022.
Yarra Yering Dry Red N°2Varieties
Shiraz, Viognier, Mataro, Marsanne
Vineyard
The Shiraz and Marsanne for this blend was established in 1969, plus additional Shiraz, Mataro and Viognier drawn from vines planted from 1984 to 1995.
Winemaking
Fruit is handpicked, bunch sorted and destemmed directly to the Yarra Yering half-tonne open-fermenters.
As much whole berry as possible is retained to encourage perfume. Some stalks are added back to some of the fermenters in order to contribute structure and aroma. Some fermenters have added frozen Viognier skins to the bottom, some have Marsanne skins. The wine is aged for 12 months in French oak barriques, 30% new before blending and bottling.
Wine
A wine style that has always been blended for perfume, texture and spice. Fragrance enhanced by the Viognier balanced with a mixed berry fruit profile. Marsanne lends texture and volume to the palate, Mataro the floral notes and spice. Primary fruit leads on to savoury graphite and white pepper underpinned by background stalkiness and concentrated meatiness.Shiraz BlendViognierAustralia Wine Australia (Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation) | Australian Wines (Wikipedia)Victoria Wines of Victoria (Victorian Wine Industry Association)Yarra Valley Wine Yarra Valley (Yarra Valley Wine Growers Association) |
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