Yering Station Pinot Noir 2008
Price £13.30
Stock Level: 41
| Grape: | Pinot Noir |
| Strength: | 13.5% |
| Style: | Medium bodied |
| Size: | 750ml |
| Cellar Notes: | This spicy, berry-fruited pinot is evolving nicely and is right in its stride. The palate delivers juicy, lively flavour, cherries and chocolate, hints of leather and spice, all nicely balanced and even.
Destemmed and gently crushed into either open stainless fermenters or rotofermenters. Cold maceration for 3 days of some selected parcels to improve tannic structure. 5 days maceration with frequent plunging of the cap by hand. Pressed to barrel to complete fermentation prior to malolactic fermentation, and racked once before bottling after 11 months ageing in French oak barriques, 40% of them new. Lightly filtered. |
| Appearance: | Ruby red |
| Aromas: | This wine has uplifted aromas of black cherry, plum and sherry in brandy. The nose also has complex floral undertones with hints of spice and tar |
| Palate: | An intense, rich palate, well balanced. Red berries and toasty oak are the dominant flavours, with an attractive savoury, spicy finish. A rich, silky and elegant wine that will gain intensity and palate length with further bottle age |
| Serving Notes: | Duck, quail, goose and venison. |
Vineyard notes Yering Station: www.yering.com
The cool climate and long ripening season of the Yarra Valley to the east of Melbourne provides an idyllic environment for growing and ripening the likes of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Yering Station is renowned for producing award-winning wines of world-class quality and distinction. Now led by Winemaker Willy Lunn, Yering Station was honoured with the prestigious `Winemaker of the Year’ at the International Wine and Spirit Competition in London, 2004 .Across the range the wines possess a freshness of fruit quality which is beautifully poised and show an elegance not usually associated with Australia. This balance between New World upfront fruit style and complexity make the great wines of Yering Station an invaluable addition to any winelist as they simultaneously please the consumer and complement the food!
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