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Yarra Yering Carrodus Viognier 2019

SKU: YYCV201910 UCAU

~~$175.00~~ $159.99

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Produced by Sarah Crowe - James Hallidays Winemaker of the Year 2017

Produced from some of the oldest Viognier vines in the country.

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White

2019

Viognier

Yarra Yering

Yarra Valley, Victoria, Australia

15 Plus Years

Stelvin

14.0%

750ml (Bottle)

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Description
This Viognier is sourced from some of the oldest Viognier vines in the country, planted in 1982. There are three blocks across the vineyard with varying age. Tiny yields, this fruit is hand harvested lovingly by only Yarra Yering staff, into the cool room overnight and then whole bunch pressed. Any juice not pressed from the skins is then frozen to be used in the Dry Red Wine No 2 ferment weeks later. The Viognier juice is run off to oak barrels without any clarification for primary fermentation. Largely left alone until bottling after 10 months. Only two barrels are produced.

Signature apricot blossom, lifted white flowers of honeysuckle and a little musk stick aromas. Flavours of apricots deliver oodles of weight and flavour but there is also a green apple brightness bringing an acid line comes to drive the back palate and keep the weight in check. A chalky texture and some oak tannin from barrel maturation carrying the flavour to a long lingering finish.
Tasting Profile

Light

Full

Low Tannin

Tannic

Sweet

Dry

Low Acidity

High Acidity

Aroma:

Peach, Roses, Tangerine

Palate:

Apricot, Honeysuckle, Peach

Food Pairings:

Asian

Poultry

Spicy

Tasting Notes

Description

This Viognier is sourced from some of the oldest Viognier vines in the country, planted in 1982. There are three blocks across the vineyard with varying age. Tiny yields, this fruit is hand harvested lovingly by only Yarra Yering staff, into the cool room overnight and then whole bunch pressed. Any juice not pressed from the skins is then frozen to be used in the Dry Red Wine No 2 ferment weeks later. The Viognier juice is run off to oak barrels without any clarification for primary fermentation. Largely left alone until bottling after 10 months. Only two barrels are produced.

Signature apricot blossom, lifted white flowers of honeysuckle and a little musk stick aromas. Flavours of apricots deliver oodles of weight and flavour but there is also a green apple brightness bringing an acid line comes to drive the back palate and keep the weight in check. A chalky texture and some oak tannin from barrel maturation carrying the flavour to a long lingering finish.

Tasting Profile

Light
Full

Low Tannin
Tannic

Sweet
Dry

Low Acidity
High Acidity

Aroma:

Peach, Roses, Tangerine

Palate:

Apricot, Honeysuckle, Peach

Food Pairings:

Asian

Poultry

Spicy

Yarra-Yering

This esteemed Victorian label roots itself in 1969 when Dr Bailey Carrodus, a botanist, planted his first twelve hectares of vines at the foot of the Warramate Hills. With a degree in winemaking and a doctorate in plant physiology from Oxford, Carrodus had long searched for his ideal site, and he named his vineyard Yarra Yering. The unirrigated vineyards produce low yields, but the wines all have an extraordinary depth and intensity. The fruit of his labour was realised in 1973 when he produced his first vintage, the timeless Dry Red Wine No's 1 & 2.

Dr Carrodus' original site has grown over the years, totalling 70 acres including the original plantings of Cabernet, Pinot Noir, Shiraz and Chardonnay, in addition to new plots of Portuguese and Italian varieties. Though Dr Carrodus passed away in 2008, newly appointed winemaker Sarah Crowe is set to the task of continuing his legacy. An impressive resume, Crowe started in the wine industry at Brokenwood in the Hunter Valley and continued to work vintages at Adelsheim Vineyard and Ponzi Family Vineyards, in Oregon and the Rhone Valley's Paul Jaboulet Aine.

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