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Halliday Wine Companion
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By James Halliday
(Yering Station Yarra Valley Pinot Noir) Subscribe to see review text.
10/5/2000, (See more on Halliday Wine Companion...)
Garagiste
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By Jon Rimmerman
(PINOT NOIR Yarra Yering) Pinot Noir Magnum Dear Friends, The emptying of the Yarra Yering cellars continues with this collector’s item. For those of you that know what this is, you probably don’t need to read further but for those of you that don’t I'm not sure how to accurately describe this beverage but it is about as hard to get in magnum as there is in artisanal wine. Very expensive on release, it commands a place in the heart of most top collectors Down Under and is a benchmark for terroir expression with Pinot Noir in this area of Victoria. Produced for many years in the same, mysterious style, Yarra Yering' s homage to Clos de Ducs meets outer space has a fierce and almost militant following in Melbourne and other area of Australia but it has never been in favor here, mostly due to their own abstention from the point chase. They treat this wine as a garage-project (no relation) and it keeps that character all the way down the taster’s gullet. Another wine with uncanny ageing capacity despite a nearly certain advanced/aged color and composition in youth (almost every vintage of this wine has the same character on release). Do not be mislead - it will age...what it will become is anyone’s guess but that’s part of the magnetism that this wine has always possessed. In magnum format, there should be many surprises in store for the future... ONE SMALL SHIPMENT ONLY perfectly cellared since release (when I say “small” I mean really small, as in a few cases): 1999 Yarra Yering Pinot Noir Yarra Valley 1.5lt Thank you, Jon Rimmerman Garagiste Seattle, WA Aus7830
12/4/2007, (See more on Garagiste...)
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Wine Definition
- Vintage1999
- TypeRed
- ProducerYering Station
- VarietyPinot Noir
- Designationn/a
- Vineyardn/a
- CountryAustralia
- RegionVictoria
- SubRegionPort Phillip
- AppellationYarra Valley
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8/26/2011 - chatters wrote:
pale, clean, tawny with ruby highlights, on the nose it's all aged pinot (well, aged for cheap aussie!) - leather, tobacco but also hints of berry and earthiness - almost autumnal leafiness...I also get a bit of creaminess and, weirdly, wetness. In the mouth, well, hardly any tannin but warmth and an acidic lick, with nominal bitterness, that strolls around the mouth. Some initial muted fruit, almost sour cherry, that fades into more dominant savoury spice and slides into a longish and slightly wobbly finish with some nominal front of the gum grip. Mrs C says "Does it need cheese" (or protein in general) - where is that duck? Oh, and as I'm still meandering through the bottle, it has touches of fruit tea to it - almost rosehip?
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