2023 Yarra Yering Pinot Noir
2023 Yarra Yering Pinot Noir

2023 Yarra Yering Pinot Noir

97 pts
Yarra Yering |Yarra Valley |Pinot Noir
A delicious lighter-framed red that tips the cap to the great Hunter Valley reds of yesteryear.
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$129.00
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Description

Pinot Noir has deep roots at Yarra Yering - quite literally. The original vines, planted by Dr Bailey Carrodus in 1969, remain some of the oldest Pinot plantings in the modern Yarra Valley. At a time when the region’s potential was barely recognised, Carrodus had the foresight to set Pinot at the heart of his vision. Today, that decision feels prophetic.

The 2023 release shows the vineyard’s maturity and the precision of Sarah Crowe’s winemaking. Fruit was hand-picked and chilled overnight, then sorted twice before gentle destemming into Yarra Yering’s small open fermenters. Hand plunging kept the extraction fine and measured, bringing perfume and fruit purity to the fore. After pressing, the wine spent ten months in French oak barriques, around 30% new, giving a framework of subtle spice and texture.

This is a fuller, more structured expression of Yarra Pinot – dark cherry, plum, and spice layered over earthy savouriness. There’s real concentration here, carried by a fine tannin spine and bright natural acidity. It’s built with intent: approachable now, but with the substance and balance to cellar effortlessly for a decade or more.

Ray Jordan

Ray Jordan

Wine Pilot 96 Points

From the start in 1969, a mix of clones were planted and then added to with subsequent plantings in ’81 and ’84. This has turned out to be a mighty fine wine from this difficult vintage. It’s light bodied but beautifully fragrant and deeply flavoursome. Lovely rose petal and violets are typical of this variety while a mix of spices and lightly chalky characters work into the palate. Light-bodied, yes, but this has the structure and pedigree to handle extended cellaring.

Huon Hooke

Huon Hooke

The Real Review 96 Points

Bright, deep and youthful red-purple colour; there are subtle complexities involving undergrowth, rose-petals and pot-pourri. Wonderful bouquet. Good concentration and tight focus on the palate, with depth and structure. A serious pinot noir with intensity, line and persistence, lengthened and firmed by tight but measured tannins that impart some cleansing balsamic-herb bitterness. A delicious wine, that really fills up the back-palate. It would reward some cellaring 31 Oct 2024

Philip Rich

Philip Rich

Halliday Wine Companion 97 Points

Some whole bunches, a gentle hand plunging twice a day and 10 months in barriques (30% new). A fabulous crimson purple. Gently brooding with its aromas of dark cherry and raspberries together with scents of roses in full bloom and a little sous bois. Medium bodied and very persistent on the beautifully structured and intense palate. This will need some time, but your patience will be fully rewarded.

Grape sorting is paramount. Hand-picked fruit is chilled overnight before gentle processing the following day. A second pass on the sorting table precedes careful destemming into our signature small fermenters. Ferments are hand-plunged twice daily for minimal extraction, yielding a soft, fruit-driven palate. Gently pressed from skins and seeds, the wine then matures for 10 months in French oak (30% new).

Technical Data

Varietals: Pinot Noir

Region: Yarra Valley, Victoria, Australia.

Vines: The Yarra Yering planting of Pinot Noir contains some of the oldest vines of their type in the Yarra Valley. A mixed planting of four clones was undertaken in 1969. The clones being MV4, MV5, MV6 and one of the D clones known for sparkling wine production.

Cellaring: Pinot Noir is such an enjoyable young wine. This wine will reward some patience with cellaring for up to 10 years under suitable cellaring conditions.

Price Bracket $51 to $100
Type Red
Body Light Bodied
Variety Pinot Noir
Country Australia
Region Yarra Valley
Australian State VIC
Feature High Score
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Women in Wine
Size 750ml
Vintage 2023
Closure Screw Cap

Yarra Yering

Yarra Yering is one of the most iconic wineries of the modern Yarra Valley.

Founded in 1969 by the visionary vigneron Dr. Bailey Carrodous, Yarra Yering has become a benchmark in quality and one of the most collected wineries in the country.

From this small patch of earth in the North of the Gruyere sub-region, Dr. Carrodous produced these legendary wines for more than three decades. In the process becoming recognised as one of the most influential winemakers in the Yarra's history.

Today, the wines are crafted by the talented Sarah Crowe. She brings the wines to bottle with the same passion and attention to detail that made the great Yarra Yering wines of old so revered.

Winemaker Sarah Crowe Yarra Yering

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