1991 Yarra Yering Pinot Noir

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 85.5 points

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  4/24/2023 - MuddyBoots wrote:

  Fairly solid cork - moist almost but not quite to the top. This wine was a complete upside surprise. Still a good red with less brown than you might expect. Nose shows just slight forest floor aromas but also a complex array of small red berries. Fruit flavor on the palate has depth and concentration and real complexity, married to some sweetness and a sensation of oak. Balanced by very correct acid and tannins that are now fully resolved. A little short on the finish. Labelled at 13%, which seems about right. I don’t drink 32 year old Australian Pinot Noir too often, and this was something of a revelation. The more so given Burgundy Al's unflattering note from 2005. Bought in Australia in about 1997, and stored perfectly since, except this went in a steel container through the Panama Canal in 2000. Will hold 5 years more. Sometimes it seems, you just have to wait....
  I am not sure how relevant any of this is since it appears pretty much all of this has - understandably - already been drunk.

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  11/1/2005 - Burgundy Al wrote: 84 Points

  Yarra Yering Blind Vertical Tasting (Hughes House - Chicago IL): Older fading aromas. Short red cherry flavors, slightly oxidized. Apparently a weaker vintage for this wine, clearly shows in its longevity and finish.

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  11/1/2005 - winefool wrote: 87 Points

  YY Pinot Vertical - My #10, Group #12 - Full dep crimson red. Forward tight slightly canned sweet red fruit aroma. Slightly tight spicy but canned red fruit on the palate. Long, slightly sour, finish. 11/05

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