2016 Yarra Yering Dry Red Wine No. 1
66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16% Merlot, 15% Malbec and 3% Petit Verdot
Yarra Valley, Victoria, Australia
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97 Points | James Halliday
Bordeaux-style blend, hand-picked and berry-sorted, the cabernet crushed, the other varieties whole-berry fermented in half-tonne open fermenters, hand-plunged twice daily, some of the cabernet with extended post-ferment maceration, matured separately in French oak (40% new) for 15 months. Profoundly juicy and rich, yet kept under tight control by the web of ripe tannins, oak part of the structure and texture but not flavour per se. It is a wine that you can sit with for a prolonged examination and discussion, and still not cover all its characteristics or ask all the questions.
66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16% Merlot, 15% Malbec and 3% Petit Verdot
Yarra Valley, Victoria, Australia
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97 Points | James Halliday
Bordeaux-style blend, hand-picked and berry-sorted, the cabernet crushed, the other varieties whole-berry fermented in half-tonne open fermenters, hand-plunged twice daily, some of the cabernet with extended post-ferment maceration, matured separately in French oak (40% new) for 15 months. Profoundly juicy and rich, yet kept under tight control by the web of ripe tannins, oak part of the structure and texture but not flavour per se. It is a wine that you can sit with for a prolonged examination and discussion, and still not cover all its characteristics or ask all the questions.
66% Cabernet Sauvignon, 16% Merlot, 15% Malbec and 3% Petit Verdot
Yarra Valley, Victoria, Australia
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97 Points | James Halliday
Bordeaux-style blend, hand-picked and berry-sorted, the cabernet crushed, the other varieties whole-berry fermented in half-tonne open fermenters, hand-plunged twice daily, some of the cabernet with extended post-ferment maceration, matured separately in French oak (40% new) for 15 months. Profoundly juicy and rich, yet kept under tight control by the web of ripe tannins, oak part of the structure and texture but not flavour per se. It is a wine that you can sit with for a prolonged examination and discussion, and still not cover all its characteristics or ask all the questions.