Yering Station Grenache 2022

93% Grenache and 7% Shiraz into small open fermenters for 12 days followed by 12 months in puncheos and barrels. Black Christmas cherries, figs and sloe berries. A touch of cranberry brightness with soft baking spices like cinnamon, cumin and nutmeg powder. There is a subtle rose floral note that’s attractive and lingers throughout. This is not the candied medicinal style you might see from other young vines but refined, silky and mature. It drinks like a fine wine with muscular tannins that shape the wine into a multidimensional tasting experience. Drink now and will cellar for another 3-5 years. A sandy, ethereal number that’s built for drinking with beautifully pink venison or a pork terrine.

Shanteh Wale

Contributor at Wine Companion

Shanteh cut her teeth at Sydney’s Award-Winning Quay restaurant where she worked for over a decade and was Head Sommelier from 2018 till 2022. She has been nominated for the Good Food Guide Sommelier of the Year award on three occasions and claims that her experience as a Len Evans scholar as one of the highlights of her career. Shanteh hosts her own weekly podcast ‘Over A Glass’ with the Deep in the Weeds Network and spends her time writing for various publications and judging at numerous wine shows across the country.

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