Yering Station Village Pinot Noir 2024

Small open fermenters, daily pumpovers and hand plunged. 8 months maturation in the barrel in which 18% was new. Bramble, black cherry and pomegranate, there is a macerated strawberry compote and the new oak adds the layering of deep spice to bring this wine into new levels of detail and value. There is a plumpness and savoury red gum bark too, some vanilla pod and cocoa bean. I think wines that sit in this price range, particularly Pinot Noir should be commended for offering a range of fruit, spice and fine tannin. It’s not easy to do and once again shows why reaching for a bottle of Yering Station is so justified yesterday, today and tomorrow. The Village and Little Yering wines have been a saving grace in many a buying tight spot. Drink Now with sausage rolls, pasties and bravo.

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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