2023 Underhill Shiraz
Medal One
Medal Two
Mixed berry fruits, perfume, graphite in a brooding and mysterious way. Cool climate Shiraz, deliciously medium-bodied. Think cured charcuterie, smoky barrel and aniseed spice. Plum fruit flavours add concentration, layered with liquorice spice, cured meat, and a smoky-char. It’s medium-weighted, driven by fruit purity, with oak a very faint seasoning alongside a subtle stalk grip.
Reviews
2 Merit Wine – The Real Review Wine Classification of Australia
97 Points – Philip Rich, Halliday Wine Companion, 2026
97 Points – Stuart Knox, The Real Review
97 Points – Ray Jordan, Winepilot, 2025
95+ Points – Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
94 Points – Erin Larkin, Robert Parker Wine Advocate, 2025
Silver Medal, Yarra Valley Wine Show 2025
Winemaking
Hand harvested, bunches are sorted before processing as whole bunches or berries. Half of the block ferments in a 3500L oak cask; 10% whole bunch, pressed and returned to the cask for maturation. The remainder ferments in half-tonne open fermenters, hand plunged twice daily. Pressed to release the last fermenting juice, then aged 12 months—50% in a four-year-old 3500L cask, 50% in French oak puncheons (10% new).
Technical Data
Varietals: Shiraz
Region: Yarra Valley, Victoria, Australia.
Vines: A single block of Shiraz planted in 1973 on a neighboring property, it was ideally located to be acquired by Yarra Yering in 1988. With a slight west-facing slope and clay-based soil, it’s perfectly suited for cool-climate Shiraz. The clone remains unknown and is unique to this block.
Cellaring: One of the Yarra Yering wines to shine earlier. It often looks wonderful at 5–10 years, yet with a proven pedigree will continue evolving over 10+ years under suitable conditions.
Alcohol: 13%