Stats
- Grapes: 61% Cabernet Sauvignon - 13% Merlot - 12% Cabernet Franc - 8% Malbec - 6% Petit Verdot
- Vineyard: Yeringberg - The Old Block
- Vine Age: Average 40-years-old (ranges 19-52-years-old)
- Soil Type: Ancient weathered silty grey loam over a mudstone and calcareous siltstone
- Viticulture: Regenerative
- Fermentation: Inoculated – stainless-steel
- Skin Contact: 12-21 days (destemmed & fully crushed)
- Aging: 21 months in French barrique (40% new)
- Alcohol: 13.5%
- pH: 3.52
- Total Acidity: 5.8 g/L
- Total SO2: 108 ppm
- Total Production: 332 cases
- SRP: $79.99
Tasting Note
There is a wonderful sense of composure here and a wine that seems entirely at peace with itself. Aromas unfold slowly—wild bramble, red plum skin, dried herbs, pencil shavings, warm stone after rain, a touch of tapenade and the faintest suggestion of tobacco leaf, and forest floor—each emerging with quiet assurance rather than urgency. The palate is graceful and finely woven, carrying its depth almost invisibly, where silken tannins and luminous freshness seem less like structure than a gentle current guiding the wine forward. Nothing shouts, nothing competes…everything simply belongs. It is deeply satisfying today, yet the wine is built for the next 10-15 years (and then some).
Press & Reviews
Halliday Wine Companion
97
"A blend of 61/13/12/8/6% cabernet sauvignon/merlot/cabernet franc/malbec/petit verdot from vines
planted at this historic site from 1969–2000. A bright crimson purple. A wonderfully complex and perfumed
bouquet redolent of blackcurrants and wild blackberry together with new pencil box shavings, sweet spice and
crushed violets. Medium bodied, in the best sense of the term, with
the fruit, oak and seamless tannins coming together as one. It may
not be the most long-lived Yeringberg ever, but it will provide an
enormous amount of enjoyment over the next 10–15 years."
- Philip Rich
planted at this historic site from 1969–2000. A bright crimson purple. A wonderfully complex and perfumed
bouquet redolent of blackcurrants and wild blackberry together with new pencil box shavings, sweet spice and
crushed violets. Medium bodied, in the best sense of the term, with
the fruit, oak and seamless tannins coming together as one. It may
not be the most long-lived Yeringberg ever, but it will provide an
enormous amount of enjoyment over the next 10–15 years."
- Philip Rich
James Suckling
96
"Soft and savory aromas of blackcurrants, licorice, Asian spices, dark cherries and violets. The palate is medium- to full-bodied with finely tuned tannins and focused acidity that lead to a bright and plush mouthfeel. A soft, bright wine from a cool vintage that is constructed with a soft hand. Drink or hold. Screw cap."
- Ryan Montgomery
- Ryan Montgomery