2017 Yarra Yering Dry Red No. 1 (Half)

All hand harvested and processing across a sorting table, only the very best berries go into this wine.

The Cabernet is crushed to build structure through fermentation. Merlot, Malbec and Petit Verdot are whole berry ferments for fragrance and palate flesh. All fermented in half-tonne fermenters and hand plunged twice daily, some of the Cabernet spending extended time on skins for complexity.

Components kept separate in French oak barrels, only 40% of them new until being blended just before bottling after 15 months barrel maturation.

Tasting Note: Fruit power is the hallmark of this blend, dark berry fruits and some sage adding a background herbal lift. Christmas cake mixed spice and oak is evident but all in balance with the fruit. Beautiful fruit, a bright acid drive and tannins that form a solid foundation for the long future. Brooding but not intimidating, this will be exciting to watch evolve.

Origin: Yarra Valley, Australia

Alcohol: 13.5%

Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec, Petit Verdot