Yarra Yering Dry Red No. 2 2019

Shiraz from vines planted in 1969, co-fermented with minute proportions of Viognier (3%), and Mataro  (1%) from vines planted from 1984 to 1995.  The wine was aged for 15 months in French oak barriques, 30% new before blending and bottling.

"It’s easy to be bowled over by this wine’s beauty, from its bright colour to its heady fragrance of violets, Middle Eastern spices, fresh currants and blue fruits.  Then magic happens.  It is superfine, graced with perfectly formed silky tannins.  The oak is seamlessly integrated, then flavours builds across the barely medium-bodied palate.  While there’s a lightness of touch, it’s layered and complex.  A complete wine full of style, elegance and substance.”  98pts, Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion 

"Very youthful purple colour with crimson at the core, the bouquet similarly youthful and bright, with spicy, meaty-charcuterie, confit cherry and gentle oak-char aromas of great character.  Some floral grace notes emerge with time in the glass.  The wine is full-bodied yet very elegant, with an effortlessness to its drive and intensity, without heaviness or excessive grip.  Long, long carry.  A lovely, graceful wine that drinks well already but will surely last a couple of decades."  97pts, Huon Hooke, The Real Review