tasting note wine making viticulture - Xanadu Wines

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TASTING NOTE PRODUCT

2010 Yering Station Reserve Shiraz Viognier

VINTAGE

2010

COLOUR

Vibrant purple/red

NOSE

Lifted aromas of dark berries, pepper and spice with hints of violets and liquorice that complement the toasty, mocha oak.

PALATE

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.

CELLAR

Now - 2025

WINE MAKING VARIETAL COMPOSTION

95% Shiraz 5% Viognier

ALCOHOL

14.50%

FERMENTATION METHOD

Open, Extended Maceration

TIME IN BARREL

14 months

RESIDUAL SUGAR

0.35 g/L

YEAST TYPE

Lalvin Syrah

BARREL ORIGIN & SIZE

French 228 litre Barrique

SKIN CONTACT TIME

7-28 days

FERMENTATION TIME

7-10 days

MLF

100.00%

AGE OF BARREL

100% new

PH

3.53

VITICULTURE REGION

Yarra Valley

DATE OF HARVEST

Mid-Late March

VINE AGE

10-17 years

YIELD

1.2-1.5 tonnes/acre

METHOD

Handpicked

CLONE

PT23/BVRC12

YERING STATION - 38 MELBA HWY PO BOX 390 YARRA GLEN VICTORIA 3775 - FOR MORE INFO. VISIT - www.yering.com