Yering Station Reserve Shiraz Viognier 2024

Fruit is predominantly from Carr vineyard in Coldstream. Co-fermented with 35% Viognier. Matured in French barriques of which 14% were new for 17 months. Another slinky and super sexy vintage, this wine will seduce you with its mulberry and wild raspberries, some toffee apple and black olive. That titch of Viognier heightens the floral aromas but it’s deeply ingrained, no dried apricot bombs here. Some sumac spice and notes of rye seed. Tannins are silk like, spun with ethereally fine thread. A wondrous wine each and every year. This is Shiraz in red carpet attire. A lovely pairing for chicken cacciatore. Drink now or cellar for 3-4 years further but it will beckon you each time you visit your cellar.

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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