Yarra Yering Light Dry Red Shiraz Pinot 2023

A wine made to be drunk young, 50% Pinot Noir from vines planted in 1981 and 50% Shiraz from the Waterloo block planted in 1995. Fermented separately, the Pinot Noir with whole berry and the Shiraz with whole bunch. each spending 9 months in French oak barriques before blending.

There is an exotic floral fragrance coupled by an expansive fruitful palate and a fine tannin framework. Highly aromatic with a blue violet lift and summer pudding of mixed berry fruits. The palate has a light touch yet is soft and fruitful, a faintest smoky grip from the use of stalks bringing some structure and drive to the finish. These varieties complement each other beautifully with the perfume, silk and spice of the Pinot sitting comfortably with the underlying structure of the cool climate Shiraz.

96 Points Halliday Wine Companion