Yarra Yering Dry Red No. 1 2021
Its finest expressions are at once emphatically fragrant and lighter than air and yet deeper, more concentrated, more enduring and more structured. No Australian wine of modern era exemplifies this profound juxtaposition more emphatically than Yarra Yering Dry Red Wine No. 1 2021. I anointed the 2019 vintage Wine of the Year in my inaugural year of editing the Halliday Wine Companion and personally scored it 99 points. The 2021 is unequivocally an even greater wine, with a line and length on an altogether different level. Is this the perfect cabernet blend? It's been nine years since l've rated an Australian table wine 100 points (Grange 2010) and it's time again.
100 points. Drink: 2031-2071."
-Tyson Stelzer
Accolades & Ratings:
Platinum Medal, 97 Points – Decanter World Wine Awards 2023
Gold Medal, 2022 Melbourne Royal Wine Awards
Gold Medal, Yarra Valley Wine Show 2022
Gold Medal, 2023 Royal Queensland Wine Show
4.5 stars, 2023 Winewise Championship
100 Points – Tyson Stelzer, Wine Press
98 Points - Halliday Wine Companion 2024
98 Points – Huon Hooke, The Real Review
96 Points – Ned Goodwin for James Suckling
Langton’s Classified, “Outstanding”
"Black berry fruits and a rustic iodine feel compliment some bay leaf adding a background herbal lift. Mixed brown spices and a hint of oak; flavour and tannin. Beautiful fruit, refreshing acidity and fine tannins form a solid foundation for a long future. Complex but not intimidating, always exciting to watch evolve. Matured in French oak, 40% new until blending after 15 months barrel maturation."
-Yarra Yering
Its finest expressions are at once emphatically fragrant and lighter than air and yet deeper, more concentrated, more enduring and more structured. No Australian wine of modern era exemplifies this profound juxtaposition more emphatically than Yarra Yering Dry Red Wine No. 1 2021. I anointed the 2019 vintage Wine of the Year in my inaugural year of editing the Halliday Wine Companion and personally scored it 99 points. The 2021 is unequivocally an even greater wine, with a line and length on an altogether different level. Is this the perfect cabernet blend? It's been nine years since l've rated an Australian table wine 100 points (Grange 2010) and it's time again.
100 points. Drink: 2031-2071."
-Tyson Stelzer
Accolades & Ratings:
Platinum Medal, 97 Points – Decanter World Wine Awards 2023
Gold Medal, 2022 Melbourne Royal Wine Awards
Gold Medal, Yarra Valley Wine Show 2022
Gold Medal, 2023 Royal Queensland Wine Show
4.5 stars, 2023 Winewise Championship
100 Points – Tyson Stelzer, Wine Press
98 Points - Halliday Wine Companion 2024
98 Points – Huon Hooke, The Real Review
96 Points – Ned Goodwin for James Suckling
Langton’s Classified, “Outstanding”
"Black berry fruits and a rustic iodine feel compliment some bay leaf adding a background herbal lift. Mixed brown spices and a hint of oak; flavour and tannin. Beautiful fruit, refreshing acidity and fine tannins form a solid foundation for a long future. Complex but not intimidating, always exciting to watch evolve. Matured in French oak, 40% new until blending after 15 months barrel maturation."
-Yarra Yering
Its finest expressions are at once emphatically fragrant and lighter than air and yet deeper, more concentrated, more enduring and more structured. No Australian wine of modern era exemplifies this profound juxtaposition more emphatically than Yarra Yering Dry Red Wine No. 1 2021. I anointed the 2019 vintage Wine of the Year in my inaugural year of editing the Halliday Wine Companion and personally scored it 99 points. The 2021 is unequivocally an even greater wine, with a line and length on an altogether different level. Is this the perfect cabernet blend? It's been nine years since l've rated an Australian table wine 100 points (Grange 2010) and it's time again.
100 points. Drink: 2031-2071."
-Tyson Stelzer
Accolades & Ratings:
Platinum Medal, 97 Points – Decanter World Wine Awards 2023
Gold Medal, 2022 Melbourne Royal Wine Awards
Gold Medal, Yarra Valley Wine Show 2022
Gold Medal, 2023 Royal Queensland Wine Show
4.5 stars, 2023 Winewise Championship
100 Points – Tyson Stelzer, Wine Press
98 Points - Halliday Wine Companion 2024
98 Points – Huon Hooke, The Real Review
96 Points – Ned Goodwin for James Suckling
Langton’s Classified, “Outstanding”
"Black berry fruits and a rustic iodine feel compliment some bay leaf adding a background herbal lift. Mixed brown spices and a hint of oak; flavour and tannin. Beautiful fruit, refreshing acidity and fine tannins form a solid foundation for a long future. Complex but not intimidating, always exciting to watch evolve. Matured in French oak, 40% new until blending after 15 months barrel maturation."
-Yarra Yering
