Yarra Yering are profound, intelligently made wines. Dry Red No.3 is crafted to the timeless and enduring recipe of flamboyant Portuguese varietals, traditionally foot stomped and aged in a perpetual endownment of well seasoned oak. Hand picked parcels of Touriga Naçional, Tinta Cao, Tinta Amarela and Roriz, Alvarelhao and Sousao, are destemmed into a field blend, retaining as many whole berries as possible. Defined by its integration, elegance and depth, articulating the excellence of terroir and artisanal winemaking at the Yarra Valley hamlet of Gruyere.

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Inspired by the complex and eclectic diversity of noble French styles, intriguingly binding two distinct genres from Burgundy and the Valley Rhone, all done in a very Yarra Valley way. Dry Red No.3 is an elegant accord of hand selected fruit, picked off the 1981 Pinot paddock and 1995 Waterloo block. Half the Cuvée is Shiraz, treated to a whole bunch vinification and interrupted by a laborious destemming until completion of ferments. Components are filled to French oak barriques for nine months of age before assemblage into the final wine.

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Sourced exclusively off the unirrigated eight acre block, established 1973 at the western extremity of Yarra Yering. Cool climate new world Shiraz starts here. A high inclusion of stalks and whole bunches are added back to the traditional half tonne open tea chest fermenters to lend juiciness plus extra cut and persistent tannins to the sweeping finish. Basket pressed and aged eighteen months in a high proportion of new French oak. A slight westerly aspect and propitious clay soils yield a wine that's a perfect foil for the feminine Dry Red No.2

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Deep garnet red. Heady plum fruits and pretty violet aromatics interlaced with liquorice spice and hint of cracked pepper. Blood plums and cigar oak with a violet floral lift from the inclusion of stalk during fermentation. The heavier clay based soils make a wine of dark fruits and spice, chewy tannins creating the framework in support of savouryness and fruit.

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Yarra Valley is internationally renowned for ultra fine Pinot Noir. The Yering Station team's particular passion for the variety is only matched by the specially trained vines great affinity to the region. The slightly undulating property is planted to some carefully tailored clonal selections. Foot stomping, boots on, is an ancient technique still employed for its uniquely gentle extraction of juices and flavour. The finishing touch to Yering Station's Pinot Noir is an extravagant maturation under the finest French oak foudres, a portion of which are always new.

$3399each $407DOZEN EACH DOZEN Grapes are crushed and kept on skins for seven to fourteen days, extracting just the right amount of colours and tannins. Some of the components are wild yeast fermented, as opposed to the easily handled cultured yeast, enhancing the complexity. Batches receive a combination of whole bunch and oak barrel vinification, open and steel roto fermenters for a week or more. As the fermentation begins to gain momentum, a cap of skins and solids forms above the juice, containing much of the flavours which produce exceptional Pinot Noir. The full complement is treated to a course of malolactic and a year's maturation in a selection of 228 and 500 litres French oak foudres.

Rich, cherry red colour. Aromas that are bright and dark, cherries and raspberry, vanilla bean spice with a soft dusty, earthy complexity. Medium bodied, delicate soft tannin with well balanced fruit expressive of the cool climate terroir, a beautifully balanced and structured, exemplary Yarra Valley wine, characterized by elegance and grace.

The flagship Pinot Noir by one of Australia's most eminent Pinot specialists, from the best parcels grown to the most precious blocks. The near perfect climes and terroir produce concentrated, intense Pinot Noir berries with profound articulation and remarkable structure. Tiny yields of less than 1½ tonnes to the acre translate into a pure and distinguished wine. As with all Yering Station's Reserves, an edition that's suitably rare and extremely limited, whatever the vintage, the first growth in Australian Pinot Noir.

$11299each $1355DOZEN EACH DOZEN The vigor of exceptional Yarra Valley Pinot Noir and the enduring expressions of the vineyard are enhanced by sensitive winemaking. Pinot Noir clones MV6 and D5V12, 114 and 115, G8V7 and D2V4 are hand picked off vines up to thirty years of age, trained to trellis vertical shoot positioning, grown on black loam soils covering white and yellow clays. Grapes are whole bunch pressed and cold macerated, inoculated with yeast type Lalvin BGY and vinified in open fermenters to retain fruit. Eighteen days vinification are followed by a term on skins before completion of malolactic and a year of age in a selection of seasoned and new 228L French oak barriques and 500L puncheons.

Medium garnet red. A perfumed nose of intense black cherry and spice with subtle charry oak and lovely complex whole bunch characters. An elegant and rich Pinot Noir with flavours of cherry kernel and plum enriched by savoury, spicy oak. Yering Reserve reveals excellent balance, before finishing silky, long and fine. Drinking brilliantly upon release and will continue to evolve beautifully.

Shiraz Viognier is an obsession which consumes the Yering Station team, as they continue to enjoy and refine the artisanal process with each new vintage. Co-ferments of Viognier skins and Shiraz berries, hand picked off closely managed vines to the most opportune schedule, the careful extraction of aromatics, flavours and colour, make for a wonderfully perfumed, complex wine with velvet tannins and prolonged, engaging finish.

$11299each $1355DOZEN EACH DOZEN The exceptional quality of fruit from the highly specialized Yering Station vineyard is enhanced by the most sensitive winemaking. Grapes are all hand picked, the Shiraz from a single block of vines, yielding an extremely meagre crop of 1 to 1½ t/acre, clones PT23/BVRC12, well over twenty years of age, trained to trellis vertical shoot positioning and planted to grey loam over yellow clay soils. Fruit is treated to a combination of roto and open tank vinification for several days after inoculation to Lalvin syrah yeasts. Portions remain on skins for up to twenty eight days, all components complete malolactic fermentation before ageing for over a year in a selection of the finest, exclusively new 228 litre French oak barriques.

Vibrant purple/red. Lifted aromas of dark berries, pepper and spice with hints of violets and liquorice that complement the toasty, mocha oak. A concentrated palate revealing intense flavours of blackberries, spice and cedar. Tightly structured with toasty French oak characters and fine grained, persistent tannins. A complex wine that finishes long and powerful.

Yering Station's Shiraz Viognier are crafted to techniques which are similar to those employed by the old world winemakers who developed this artful style. The art of Shiraz Viognier is a process that the Yering Station team continue to enjoy and refine with each new vintage. Co-fermentation of Viognier skins and Shiraz berries, picked to a similar time frame, the extraction of aromatics, colour and flavour profile, makes for a superb and edifying wine that has found a home away from home in the ideally suited, temperate climes of Yarra Valley.

$3399each $407DOZEN EACH DOZEN Much focus is placed on retaining and nurturing vines which are most appropriate to this uniquely aromatic style. Clones BVRC12, PT23 and PT16 are harvested from vines grown to grey clay and yellow clay soils, trained to vertical shoot positioning, yielding two t/acre. Components are treated to skin contact maceration and inoculated to yeast strain Lalvin Syrah for eighteen days cold soak. Whilst the method of production is highly tradtional, a combination of roto and open fermenters are employed for up to a fortnight. The component wines complete malolactic and are matured in a high proportion of new French 225 litres oak barriques for eighteen months.

Dark red colour. Classic, intense youthful Shiraz Viognier nose, fragrant and perfumed, classy with loads of dark fruit, spices and pepper, violets and blackberry jam. A well structured palate with precision and intensity. Lots of flavour and pristine fruit, very long and focused, solid but complimentery tannins combine with supple oak to support the palate. A beautifully perfumed wine to enjoy with food or as aperitif, drinking sensationally.

Crafted from the best Cabernet Sauvignon available to the Yering Station winemaking team, traditional old world vinification techniques are employed to infuse character and enhance the final Cuvée, an extended term of macerations on skins achieves a rich structural density, extracting a judicious amount of tannin to ensure a palate of suppleness. Yering Station are advantaged by the eldest and most auspicious vineyards, one of a few select Victorian winemakers who are sufficiently practiced to orchestrate a pure Yarra Valley Cabernet Sauvignon.

$2499each $299DOZEN EACH DOZEN The characteristic cool nights and favourable ripening conditions of the Yarra Valley maintain a good balance of grape acidity and flavour ripeness at harvest. Crafted from grapes, Reynella and CW44 clones, a combination of harvested and hand picked, off fully mature vines, planted to grey loam soils over yellow clay, trained to trellis vertical shoot positioning. Vineyard yields are purposely kept low. Components are vinified in a combination of open and rotary fermenters for a fortnight, completion of malolactic and eighteen months maturation in a combination of new and prior use French 228 litre oak barriques.

Dark red/ purple hue. Fully aromatic blackcurrant nose, dark cherry and blackberry characters with hints of leather and nutmeg spice, layers of scented cedar/ oak. The blackcurrant characters follow through in abundance onto the distinctly regional Cabernet palate. Dark berry fruit persists with great intensity and weight, complemented by soft, fine grain tannins.

Yering Station always ensure that devotees awaiting in anticipation of the next vintage in Pinot Noir are never disappointed. The Yering Station team know all the best sites and are proficient at treating the best fruit to the most adroit vinification. Village is a collation of parcels, hand chosen from the finer viticultural precincts of Yarra Valley. The classically cool ripened construct, brimming with intense fruit flavours, velvet tannins and a lingering concentration. A Yarra Valley Pinot wine with focus, richness and revitalizing, youthful charm.

$2499each $299DOZEN EACH DOZEN A harvest of Pinot Noir, clones MV6 and 777, much of it hand picked off fully mature vines up to fourteen years of age, are collated from good Yarra Valley sites which can yield the quality of fruit requisite of Yering Station. Grapes are treated to a cold soak for the extraction of colour and tannin before inoculation to choice cultured yeasts. Batches are vinified on skins in traditional five tonnes open fermenters over the course of a fortnight, followed by transfer to a selection of new and seasoned 228 litre French oak barriques for the completion of malolactic and a year's maturation.

Crimson colour, cherry robes. Bouquet of red and black cherry fruit complimented by brooding earthy undertones, hints of violet and lavender, briars and licorice elements over subtle savoury spice. Velvet textured palate that's rich in black cherry spice flavours, savoury varietal rhubarb and cherry tomato characters are surrounded by vanillin oak. A lovely concentration on the middle palate is supported by sleek and supple tannins.

Yering Station can lay claim to being Victoria's first vineyard, the proud home to many of Yarra Valley's eldest vines, Village represents another triumph for the enduring heritage. Parcels of vine, trained to yield the quality of fruit that's just right for a Shiraz Viognier accord, are fashioned into the definitive Rhone Valley style, filled with fine fruit and supported by sound structure. Traditional Burgundian winemaking techniques include boot stomping, gentle extraction of tannins and completion of ferments within a selection of the finest French oak barriques.

$2499each $299DOZEN EACH DOZEN Yering Station have always produced some of the Yarra Valley's most auspicious Shiraz. Lower elevations and moderate exposure throughout the vineyards provide an extended ripening period, the uniformly fertile soil types enhance growth, whilst cane pruning and meticulously regulated crop levels ensure flavour intensity. Crafted exclusively from estate grown fruit, transferred to five tonnes open top fermenters and worked with regular plungings to enhance complexity. Upon completion, ferments are transferred to a selection of seasoned and new, French 228 litre oak barriques for fifteen months maturation.

Deep black, purple hues. Black pepper and clove spice bouquet, rich black forrest cake, deep dark chocolates and fruit reductions. Full bodied, voluptuous feminine palate, black cherry and strawberries, a lovely mix of liquorice and allspice, exotic dark plums, firm but supple tannins ensure life and longevity.