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Yeringberg

2021

Shiraz

Yarra Valley - Australia
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About

Shiraz is best described as a saga rather than a wine at Yeringberg.  The variety has been planted three times and pulled out twice, all by the same family.  First planted in the 1860s by the Baron, ripped out by his son George in 1921, his son Guill replanted it in 1970 and pulled it out a little more than a decade later, Guill’s son David replanted it again in 1999 and his sister Sandra is fully entrenched in the variety and sees no reason to make the same mistake.  While the Yarra Valley has long been home to elegant expressions of the variety, Sandra has shaped this wine into something uniquely Yeringberg —perfumed, finely structured, and effortlessly poised.  The 2021 comes from three different clones (PT23, 1654, and a ‘100-year-old massale selection’), each with its own pattern and pr0file.

The fruit was hand-harvested across four days in early March.  The fruit was sorted and fermented roughly equal parts whole-cluster, whole-berry, and destemmed & crushed.  The majority of the lots started and finished ferments without any additions, though a select set needed a small yeast addition to finish.  A small Viognier component was added at the crusher with the crushed Shiraz lot.  After 11-20 days on skins the batches were pressed and aged in predominantly older French 300L barrels with 28% being new.  After 19 months, frequent clarification rackings and routine topping up, the wine was racked to tank and cross-flow filtered and bottled without fining and with a small sulfur addition.

Stats

  • Grapes: 98% Shiraz - 2% Viognier
  • Vineyard: Yeringberg - Front Drive Block
  • Vine Age: 22-years-old
  • Soil Type: Ancient weathered silty grey loam over a mudstone and calcareous siltstone
  • Viticulture: Regenerative - practicing organic
  • Fermentation: Native (predominantly - some lots needed a yeast addition to finish) – stainless-steel (even mix of whole-berry, crushed, whole-cluster)
  • Skin Contact: 11-20 days
  • Aging: 19 months in 300L French barrels (28% new)
  • Alcohol: 14%
  • pH: 3.57
  • Total Acidity: 6 g/L
  • Total SO2: 102 ppm
  • Total Production: 273 cases
  • SRP: $59.99

Tasting Note

There’s an ease to how this wine moves—blueberry and dark cherry meet violet, white pepper, and a touch of Moroccan spice. The palate is supple yet structured, with a savory, almost ferrous quality adding depth beneath the plush fruit. This is Shiraz spoken in a quiet voice, one that invites you closer rather than insisting on being heard. Sandra’s touch is all over this wine where fine, powder-soft tannins and vibrant freshness carry every nuance toward a long, effortless finish. It is a wine that asks for neither admiration nor attention, only time—and in return it offers the rare pleasure of discovering that true elegance is never loud.

Press & Reviews

Vinous

93

"There is much to like about the 2021 Shiraz thanks to its exciting blend of sweet fruit and savory spice. It opens with mulberry and blackberry before violets and meaty spice rise up. A powerful core of dark berry flavors gains support from a long line of firm tannins, culminating in an extended finish. The 2021 is young and will improve."
- Angus Hughson

Producer


Yeringberg

Region


Yarra Valley

Country


Australia

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