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“Yarra Valley pioneers, the de Pury family are renowned for wines of finesse and elegance that epitomise the finest the region can produce. Produced from some of the oldest vines in the valley, these are long-lived wines made in tiny quantities. Yeringberg makes wines from the low-yielding vines re-established on the heart of what was one of the most famous vineyards of the nineteenth century. In the riper years, the red wines have a velvety generosity of flavour which is rarely encountered, yet never lose varietal character, while the Yeringberg White takes students of history back to Yeringberg’s fame in the nineteenth century.” – James Halliday
Guill de Pury grew up beside the out-of-operation 19th-century winery in Coldstream where a lack of interest in fine table wines had caused production to cease in 1921. In 1969, Guill and wife Katherine decided to replant the vineyard and start again, and gradually restored the reputation of this great Australian estate. Guill has since handed over chief responsibility for the wines to daughter Sandra de Pury.
From the winemaker …”This year’s Chardonnay has the sort of ripe but mineral-inflected complexity and savouriness we aim for. The nose is powerful yet wonderfully restrained, with hints of white peach, biscuit, honey, grapefruit and pineapple. In the mouth there’s a delicacy, purity and spine tingling acidity that brings focus to a generous and rounded palate that slowly builds and opens out with effortless generosity. And it goes on and on. Will be really singing in about 2020.” – Sandra de Pury
“Full-bodied attack, but it becomes more elegant as it drives through the palate. Complexity it certainly does not lack. Peach, bacon, spice and nectarine at first but increasingly wheaty and dry pear-like from the mid-palate onwards. Wonderful length. Stunning wine.” 96 points. Halliday Wine Companion
“Single vineyard wine grown on vines planted in 1974 and 1981. Minuscule quantity produced. Sunny disposition up-front but there’s a stern thoughtfulness beneath. Straw-coloured, peach and malt notes, spice, bacon, nectarine. Essence of chardonnay in that sense. But as you follow the wine along the palate it becomes increasingly elegant, its line of acid laced with oatmeal, yeast and dry pear flavours. Finishes with superb length.” 95 points. Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
“Light gold. Intense mineral-accented aromas of fresh citrus and orchard fruits, with notes of anise and honey adding depth. Concentrated but also lithe and precise, offering sappy orange and bitter pear skin flavours braced by a smoky mineral quality. Closes with excellent focus and lift, leaving a subtle floral note behind. This wine has a solid track record for aging and is still extremely young, so hands off.” 92 points. Josh Raynolds, Vinous Media
RRP $70 Special 6 pack Buy … Only $55.99 when you buy 6 of this wine.
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