Description

ABOUT THE PRODUCER:
With vines being first planted in 1838 by Scottish-born Ryrie brothers, Yering Station was the first vineyard in Victoria State. The brothers acquired 17,400 hectares and planted two grape varieties at the time -‘Black Cluster’ and ‘Sweet Water’. In 1850, the site was sold to a Swiss-French immigrant, Paul de Castella. He increased the vineyard by a further 20 hectares, sourcing vines from around the globe including some from Chateau Lafite. A jewel in the Yarra Valley crown, Yering Station produces world-class cool climate wines from its revered vineyards which are famously abound with expressive varietal flavour and integrity.

ABOUT THE VINEYARD:
Situated just 45 kilometres east of Melbourne, the Yarra Valley is a large and diverse cool-climate wine region. Its elevation spectacularly ranges from lows of 50m to heights of 1,250m, due to the influence of the Great Dividing Range. The region is characterised by significant rainfall during winter and spring, which helps to nourish the vines throughout the dry, but cool summers. The Pinot Noir grapes are Clones MV6 and D5V12, which vary in age from 15 to 25 years. They are cane pruned VSP trained, which suits the terroir made up of Duplex grey loam over yellow clay. Each vintage, the use of precision viticulture is used to map and isolate the finest parcels from the best blocks and even the best rows. Such practices include innovative soil and canopy mapping technology known as EM38, this enables the viticulture team to unearth microvariations within the parcels. The vineyard is manually harvested.

THE WINEMAKING PROCESS:
Fermentation took place with selected yeasts in an open fermenter, with skin contact lasting for 10 days. The wine was racked to French oak barrels, ranging from new to eight years in age, where it underwent 100% malolactic conversion and spent 10 months maturing.

OUR TASTING NOTES:
An elegant, cool-climate Pinot Noir with a perfume of spiced red berries, a pure core of cherry fruit and subtle savoury characters interwoven with red fruits through to a silky finish.

GRAPE VARIETY:
Pinot Noir 100%.