Yering Station Shiraz Viognier 2023
- 91
- $40
- Drink by: 2026-2033
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Firm and spring-loaded. If you like cedar, spice, ripe strawberry purée, strong forearms, free will and high-grain beef, this wine may align with you. In the mouth, it’s a tango between richness and tension. There’s grunt here. Oak, 18 percent new, and a chiselled savouriness that makes me shudder. Yet plenty of fruit to accompany it. Raspberry, plum skin and tart strawberry keep things lifted. Perhaps the 2.3 percent Viognier plays its part. Best with food. Venison pappardelle would slay. Hard.
A hopeless romantic for wine and food, Cyndal is nearing 15 years in hospitality while still (just) under 30. A Chef-turned-Sommelier and award-winning wine professional, Cyndal recently left a Group Sommelier role where she curated seven wine lists across multiple venues and led the wine team to Gourmet Traveller Wine Bar of the Year—just months after opening. Now freelance, Cyndal is a wine consultant, event host, wine judge, and wine writer. Passionate about sharing wine’s story with the world, she brings a fresh voice and creative solutions to the industry. After studying and traveling through most of her 20s, she’s now based in WA’s southwest, proudly embracing her role as a WA coastal cowgirl.
