Yeringberg

The Wine Front – Beautiful perfume of dried flowers, sweet tobacco and spice, blackcurrant and redcurrant, even almond meal. Dense and dark, with a smattering of dried herb, ripe cherry, crisp acidity, firm grainy tannin, and a distinctly ‘mineral’ and savoury finish of exemplary length. It’s a textbook example of superb Yarra Valley Cabernet. 96 points. Gary Walsh, The Wine Front December 2020

The Wine Front – Nectarine, honey and mint, ginger and pink grapefruit. It’s bright, but fleshy, with a fine chalky texture, some straw-like character, tight citrus bite through white fruit, and a long and focussed finish. Top shelf. Lovely now, should age beautifully. 94+ points. Gary Walsh, The Wine Front December 2020

The Wine Front – Flavour, creamy nougat richness, stonefruit, green banana and spice, but with a firm cut of grapefruity acidity. It’s a bold wine, though it’s not loose, and doesn’t rely on struck match stuff, more delivers an appealing hit of traditional Chardonnay goodness. Has something of a chalky feel, but smoothness and gloss too, with toast and biscuit spice on a fresh finish. It drinks very well now, and is likely at its best over the next couple of years. 94 points. Gary Walsh, The Wine Front December 2020

The Wine Front – All the perfume. Laden with candied ginger, jasmine, apricot and spice. It’s fleshy and viscous, but keeps itself tight and spicy. There’s some nutty flavour in the mix too, and a long fragrant finish. Sure, there’s a slight warmth, but mainly it adds positively to texture and weight. Very good. 94 points. Gary Walsh, The Wine Front December 2020

James Halliday – This is exceptional Viognier. Benchmark. Be it Australian or French. This level of warmth is necessitated to showcase the exuberance of the variety: honeysuckle, apricot and ginger glaze. The billowing phenolic chew beautifully melded to a gentle wash of acidity. A plume of flavour brushing the cheeks. This could do with more phenolic pucker, but very fine. 95 points. Ned Goodwin MW, Halliday Wine Companion 2021

Huon Hooke – Medium straw-yellow hue; the bouquet accurately presenting viognier fruit, with spiced apricot and orange aromas, rich and ripe, underlined by a subtle hint of nutty oak and the finish long and resonant. Obvious tannin on the finish. An intense and powerful wine with a long, impressive aftertaste. It would cope with hearty white-meat and poultry dishes. 92 points. Huon Hooke, Real Review January 2021

The Wine Front – Plum, red fruits, plenty of spice, sarsaparilla, smoky and autumnal. Medium bodied, sappy and red fruited, brown bread, layers of spice, bright minerally acidity, firmish kitten’s tongue tannin, and a spicy, ashen and wheaten finish of excellent length and precision. There’s an abundance of character and interest packed into the bottle, and more to come, I’d suggest. 93+ points. Gary Walsh, The Wine Front

The Wine Front – Highly perfumed, exotic notes of cracked pepper and spice, red and black fruit, and grilled meat. It’s medium-bodied, svelte and juicy, subtle kind of wine, but no shortage of flavour in the spice and mixed berries kind of thing. Tannin is fine with an emery board quality, perfume of jasmine and stone fruit carries the finish. Stylish. Better with a few more years in bottle, I’d say. 93 points. Gary Walsh, The Wine Front January 2021