Yering Station Reserve Pinot Noir 2006 - Yarra Valley, Victoria
Bin No. YERINGRP06
Price: £32.75
Fruit for the Yering Station Reserve Pinot Noir is sourced exclusively from the Yarra Valley, where exceptional sites can be found for one of the hardest grapes to ripen and vinify well. Pressed to barrel and racked once the Yering Reserve Pinot Noir is aged for 11 months in French oak barriques, before bottling.
The final wine has a concentrated and complex nose with lovely ripe, intense fruit of black cherry and plums; fine French oak adds a toasty, smoky aroma. On the palate the Yering Reserve Pinot Noir is full, plush and concentrated with great poise and velvety tannins. It has a long, persistent finish.
"Very complex in quite full-on style that splits the difference between, say, Mornington and Russian River Valley. Great sweetness, spicy and flattering - quite long." 17/20, Jancis Robinson MW
Whitehaven wines was formed in 1993 by Greg and Sue White, and winemaker, Simon Waghorn. Their aim was to establish a winery in Marlborough producing premium quality varietal wines. To achieve this they have brought together a leading New Zealand winemaker, a dedicated group of growers, and a small modern winery facility where top quality fruit can receive the 'hands-on' treatment that i
