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| Drinking window: Drink between 2023 and 2028 (based on 42 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 93 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 7 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by pcwoz on 11/16/2023 & rated 94 points: Yellow. Quite pale. Translucent. Strong mineral-flint notes. Citrus. Especially grapefruit. Some pear. Punchy ginger. Super fresh. Really really long. Nice texture too. An almost grapefruit pithiness as well as juice. Very light integrated vanilla. Super good and will definitely age.
94-95 (170 views) | | | Tasted by AWBryce on 6/21/2023: Nose of v ripe melon and stone fruit, palate is tart, good ripe fruit, long finish. Nice but simple (267 views) | | | Tasted by chatters on 11/8/2022: Cellartracker in the flesh with Pjaines (Paul), Porkandsalmon (Richard) and Vintomas (Tomas) (Various venues, London): Butter, peach, sweet spice, cream. Juicy, medium plus intensity acidity, tight, fruit forward, slightly out of whack but pleasant. (627 views) | | | Tasted by chatters on 11/28/2021: Real Review - Top Wineries of Australia (Campbell's store, Circular Quay West, The Rocks, Sydney): Rich, buttery but without being overtly tropical; lemon over peach and slight apricot. Juicy, tangy, fleshy, very slightly sharp. Textured mid palate, long and lovely. (941 views) | | | Tasted by Jeremy Holmes on 10/27/2021: The nose has some struck match, green melon and white peach. It is quite fine on the palate, with a line of lemon-like acidity and a core of orchard fruits. It has lovely balance and a touch of spice to the persistent finish. (849 views) | | | Tasted by nwebstar on 6/24/2021 & rated 92 points: The other pleasant surprise in recent YY 2019 Vintage Tasting. I’d never tried YY Chardonnay. First impression was ‘a sophisticated, fresh Chardonnay balancing some delicacy with raciness’. There was citrus meeting stone fruit (even a tinge of tropical) but then in the centre an interesting broader gentleness evoking white/yellow flowers, or Viognier, or even aged Semillon. A lovely classy wine. (716 views) | | | Tasted by chatters on 4/13/2021: Struck match, bacon fat, chalky minerality, lemon over a touch of peach. Juicy, textured, creamy, more stone fruit than citric on the palate, subtle texture, tangy, clean, long, really very good indeed. (591 views) |
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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.
2019 Yarra Yering ChardonnayOyster shell nose with grapefruit, pears and ginger. A faint impression of vanillan oak bringing a sweet perfume.
Tasting Notes
Aroma & Bouquet: Oyster shell nose with grapefruit, pears and ginger. A faint impression of vanillan oak bringing a sweet perfume.
Palate: Finesse combine with pillowy fruit weight; this is a wine that is fine boned with citrus flavours dominating in its youth. A citrus energy drives the palate with a pithy interest and texture on the back palate. An extremely fine grained oak tannin framework lingers on the finish.
Wine Making
Hand harvested grapes placed in a blast chiller overnight before whole bunch pressing which gives us very high quality juice. Fermentation in a ceramic egg and French oak barrels; a combination of 228 L barriques and some 500L puncheons, 30% new oak. Both wild yeasts and cultured yeast were allowed to carry out the fermentation offering complexity and a hint of struck match. Natural acidity was retained by inhibiting malolactic fermentation. Maturation for 10 months in our cool underground cellar before blending and bottling.
Varietals: Chardonnay
Region: Yarra Valley, Victoria, Australia.
Vines: The two original Chardonnay blocks, planted in 1969 (clone unknown) and more recent plantings of clones 95 and 548 are impressive enough to add to the blend.
Cellaring: Will reward careful cellaring for up to 10 years.
Analysis: ALC: 13%Chardonnay The Chardonnay GrapeAustralia 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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