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Yarra Yering Red No 1 2019
Yarra Yering Red No 1 2019
 
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Anointing just one Wine of the Year from the 9129 wines tasted for this edition was no trivial task. This year, the complexity of the challenge was compounded to an all new level by bringing the full tasting panel in on the final decision. Every standout wine of every style from every taster was on the table to be tasted, rigorously discussed and voted upon. From our Halliday Wine Companion Sparkling Wine of the Year, White Wine of the Year and Red Wine of the Year, the panel then cast its votes to determine our 2022 Wine of the Year. The winning wine comes from 2022 Winery of the Year, Yarra Yering – the first producer in Wine Companion history to ever take out two major titles in the one edition. The 50th vintage of this iconic, Bordeaux-style blend has been passed down from winery founder Bailey Carrodus to present-day winemaker and general manager Sarah Crowe, who has undeniably done it justice.

67/15/12/6% cabernet sauvignon/merlot/malbec/petit verdot. The first plantings at YY into block No 1 were these cabernet and malbec vines, hence the name. Some merlot was interplanted with the cabernet and subsequent plantings in 1990 from a newly acquired neighbouring site. Petit verdot is only grown on the hillside of the new territories. All hand harvested and sorted, only the very best berries go into this wine. Cabernet berries sorted individually before crushed. Merlot, malbec and petit verdot are whole-berry ferments. All fermented in half-tonne fermenters, hand plunged twice daily. Some of the cabernet spends more time on skins. Components are kept separate in French oak 40% new, 15 months all up then blended just before bottling. This is mesmerising. Do take time to bask in its fragrance – all floral and spicy with some aniseed and fresh herbs. Enjoy the poised fruit flavours of blackberries, mulberries and a hint of blueberries coated in spicy oak and tethered to the body of the wine. Pulsing acidity and beautiful tannin structure shape this and offer a promise of more to come in time. Wow – what a wine. Drink by 2039. James Halliday 98 - Wine Companion Wine of the Year 2022

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