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Here's a treat for the real enthusiasts of all good things Gippsland, an effusive, textural wine to match with a grill of the best beef or hunk of holiday pud. Fashioned to the complete methode traditionnelle, employing the full monty of bottle ferments, riddling and disgorgement, an elegantly structured, richly effervescent, plum and allsorts flavoured wine, layered with complexity and brimming with festive fruit characters. Gippsland Shiraz through and through, a lovely vibrancy and depth of flavour are complemented by its seemingly endless, mouthcoating finish.

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Yering Station can boast of a long and mutually propitious association with Chardonnay, its rootstock has been called upon to establish many Victorian vineyards. An entry level into the noble house of Yering Station, nothing is ever done in half measures here, the vines are all fully mature and many of the grapes for Little Yering are picked by hand, the finished wine is aged exclusively in French oak. Fashioned to the enduring fruit forward Yarra Valley style, a well proportioned Chardonnay offering refined bouquets, intense flavours and lingering concentration.

$2099each $251DOZEN EACH DOZEN Yering Station can trace it's viticultural heritage back to the 1850s when Paul de Castella established Victoria's first vineyard with cuttings from France. Chardonnay clones P58 and I10V3, 86 and 96 are harvested, much of it by hand, from mature vines up to fourteen years of age, grown to choice Yarra Valley sites. Fruit is sent to a mix of fermenters and oak barrels with little or no skin contact time to reduce phenolics, inoculated to yeast type CY3079 and treated to slow, cool vinification over a term of two or three weeks. Fermented to dry, the wine completes it's course and ages nine months in a selection of well seasoned 228 litres and 500 litres French oak barrels.

Pale straw hue. Great intensity on the bouquet, showing mineral notes, white nectarine and citrus flavours. The palate exhibits a creamy, nutty complexity, freshness and elegance. Medium weight with clean citrus fruit supported by well integrated French oak and balanced acidity, offering great structure and length to the finish, Little Yering is a sound cool climate Chardonnay to accompany dory fillets or goat cheese recipes.

A welcome arrival at the platform on Yering Station, Little Yering is no mean featherweight, a generously proportioned Pinot Noir with the focus on varietal charm, richness of palate and a youthful appeal that makes it a good choice alongside today's cosmopolitan faire. Gentle handling and careful treatment has allowed the expression of quality Yarra Valley Pinot to shine through. Fine French oak has softened the tannins without overpowering the fruit, Little Yering is all about elegance and poise, making it a fine choice as accompaniement to all good food.

$2099each $251DOZEN EACH DOZEN Pruning begins in earnest at Yering Station as the vineyard team take aim at providing optimal sunlight for the berries while limiting crop yields to produce a more intense wine. Parcels of Pinot Noir clones MV6 and 777 are selectively harvested and hand picked off mature vines up to fourteen years of age, planted to choice Yarra Valley sites. Fruit is sent to a mix of open and rotary fermenters and treated to a week or two of skin contact macerations before inoculation to cultured yeast type Lalvin BGY. Batches are fermented to dryness over the course of a week or two, followed by completion of malolactic and nine months maturation in a selection of seasoned and new 228 litres French oak barrels.

Bright, red cherry colour. Lifted perfume of violets and lavender, allspice intertwined with gamey, briary red and black cherry fruits. A soft and juicy palate exhibiting a lovely mix of elegant fruit, savoury spice and earthy undertones, a finely textural Pinot wine complimented by subtle vanillin oak and supported by supple tannins before a long and lingering, velvet lined finish. Match with rare duck breast, tuna escalopes or gruyere.

Crafting small yields of exceptional fruit are what Lucinda do best, a collation of parcels Heathcote Shiraz are treated to a minimalist vinification and time well spent in a selection of luxury oak barriques. Led by a vibrant nose of mulberries, red currants, tri colour peppercorns and plum, the decidedly ferrous Heathcote terra rosa perfumes precede an elegantly structured palate, seasoned by bay leaf, garniture and thyme, its lingering length of silky tannins define a superbly balanced Shiraz that's remarkable for its gracious seamlessness, superb balance and resplendent style.

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The Lucinda logo is a representation of a vine, all parts of the picture represent a segment which makes an essential contribution to the ultimate achievement of a masterful vintage, the fruit bearing branches, animacy of rootlings and health of soil, all instruments in a concert of complete harmony. Small vineyards are a joy to dedicated vignerons, each and every vine is an important fellow. Intimacy with every planting encourages the finest fruit. All the winemaker needs do is preserve the sublime expression of harvest. Lucinda make Pinot Noir of extraordinary infusions, complexity and balance before a gentle, cherry finish.

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A tally of bespoke clones Pinot Noir, some from the old world, some of the new, treated to natural wild yeast ferments and judicious course of oak, the aim being to preserve the integrity of texture, expressions of clime and eloquence of a magnificent little vineyard. There's so much about Gippsland that's favourable to Pinot Noir, the bucolic pastures and fertile soils make a wine of amazing richness and rewarding complexity. A generous palate of virile red fruits, rhubarb and allspice, farm yard and smoky game, its lingering lozenge of glace flavours, wrapped in a corset of supple, savoury tannins.

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Syrah is a style of wine that Lucinda does exceedingly well, a few precious parcels of the excruciatingly limited harvest are set aside for a blushing pink wine that's garrulous of a superior site and auspicious climes. No two vintages are ever the same, each year brings its own complexities, Lucinda take a view that Syrah Rosé must not only be pretty to see and moreish to taste, it should express the influence of season and resonance of soil. Pepper, currants and musk, her rakish rose hues are a reflection of succulent cherry ripeness, savoury tannin crispness and divine, pink jelly jube.

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