2019 Limited Edition Crowe x George Pack
The pinnacle of Yarra Yering’s winemaking. A warm season delivered a powerful blackberry fruit profile, ironstone and graphite with tobacco leaf and savoury spices. The fruit concentration aligns with a wonderful depth of flavour and yet there is a berry freshness and energy. The firm tannin profile forms the foundation for a long future.
Reviews
98 Points – Huon Hooke, The Real Review
Winemaking
All hand harvested and berry sorted across a sorting table with only the very best berries selected for this wine. The Cabernet fruit is crushed to build structure through fermentation and then left for one month of extended maceration with the skins to bring added complexity. This technique is used to build a richer wine, more supple in texture and with great ageing ability. The Merlot was a whole berry ferment to bring fragrance and palate richness. All fermented in our unique Yarra Yering half-tonne tea chest fermenters and hand-plunged for gentle extraction. Maturation in French oak barrels, 50% new for 15 months barrel maturation before bottling without fining or filtration.
Technical Data
Varietals: 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot
Region: Yarra Valley, Victoria, Australia.
Vines: 1969 plantings of Cabernet Sauvignon were the first vines established at Yarra Yering in the now iconic Block No. 1. Somewhat unconventional, Merlot vines were interplanted within the Cabernet Sauvignon with a plan to replicate, if not improve upon, benchmark European wines of the same varieties.
Cellaring: Released at 6 years of age, if cellared under suitable conditions it will evolve for another 20+ years. We have released this wine because it is at the start of a long drinking window.
Alcohol: 13.5%