Yarra Yering Dry Red No.2 2016

The nose on the Yarra Yering Dry Red No.2 2016 vintage has intense perfumes of floral notes, mixed berry fruit, and spice. The palate is of primary fruits. Leading onto savoury graphite and white pepper underpinned by stalkiness and concentrated meatiness.

Fruit was hand-picked, 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 were added back to some of the fermenters in order to contribute structure and aroma. Some fermenters added frozen Viognier skins to the bottom, some with Marsanne skins. The wine was aged for 12 months in French oak barriques, 30% new before blending and bottling.

The Finer Details
Style - Red Wine
Varietal - 95% Shiraz, 2% Viognier, 2% Mataro, 1% Marsanne
Country - Australia
Region - Yarra Valley
Vintage - 2016
Bottle Size - 750ml
ABV - 14.2%