Yering Station Yarrabank Cuvée 2017
- 91
- $45
- Drink by: 2023-2025
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Four years on lees captures and releases some generous flavours and fleshiness in this traditional method sparkling. Light gold hues. The blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir opens with developed, rich aromas of crème brulée with roasted nuts and apple, yellow peach and citrus. Strong depth of flavour and complexity continues on the palate. Becomes quite toasty to taste carried by a textural mouthfeel with brioche and a Vegemite-like yeasty savouriness aiding the rich peachy-apple, pear flavours. Definitely not short on flavour or bubbly impact.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
