Description
This cutting edge McLaren Vale producer is making delicious energetic estate grown wines from its biodynamic vineyards. We have been bowled over by every wine in their line up … a rare occurrence in this business. Very smart GSM produced here…
“Venerable vines, fastidious viticulture and cutting edge winemaking kit. It’s a killer combination and the reason why Yangarra is producing some of the best wines in the Vale right now. “ Max Allen, The Weekend Australian. March 2013
Comprises fruit sourced from predominantly bush vine Grenache planted in 1946. Traditional winemaking with minimal intervention. cold soaked, wild yeasts, open fermenters followed by 9 months maturation in older French Oak, 68% Grenache, 26% Shiraz and 6% Mourvedre.
“Yangarra Estate is in the Blewitt Springs locality of McLaren Vale where the Rhone Valley grape varieties thrive on the poor. sandy soils. The big gun is a magnificent pure grenache called High Sands. but it’s $110 a bottle, which makes this look even better value. ” Huon Hooke.
The Yangarra GSM is a careful blending of grenache, shiraz and mourvèdre. Bright and perfumed with chewy earth and spice characters, this is a fine example of what an evenly spread palate tastes like. A wine with a backbone of old bush vine Grenache planted in the 1940’s. This wine will continue to evolve with cellaring, but can also be enjoyed in its youth alongside barbequed meats.
From the winemaker … “A powerful nose of cherries and plums giving way to hints of licorice and prune. This is followed by black-berry, cinnamon, elegant cocoa with prolonged fruit and length. Chiseled savoury tannins to finish, a wine that will reward with some careful cellaring.”
95 Points, James Halliday, Weekend Australian, 9 March, 2019 “A 60/22/18% blend, a lovely wine from a lovely vintage. It’s not an ounce over medium-bodied, but it articulates the place, varieties and the year with utmost clarity. Fine tannins are stitched through the scarlet taffetta of the perfectly pitched palate.”
RRP $36 SPECIAL 6 PACK BUY … $27.99 when you buy 6 of this wine*
