2020 Yarra Yering Underhill Shiraz 750ml Penfolds a touch of dried figs

a touch of dried figs

Number 17 in the 2017 Top 20" - 90/100

Producer Tasting Notes COLOUR The wine is dark cherry red in colour

A combination of forest fruits with blackberries and mulberries on the palate

fennel and rye bread receding into sweeter smoke and vanilla malt with further air contact

2020 Yarra Yering Underhill Shiraz 750ml Penfolds a touch of dried figsFrom a 3. 2ha block of shiraz, planted on the far western side at Yarra Yering in 1973. Half was fermented with 20% whole bunches in one 3,500L old oak cask, pressed and returned to this cask to mature for 12 months. The other half was matured in puncheons for 12 months. A very bright, medium crimson purple. A riotous amalgam of aromas including blueberries, potpourri, licorice root, Szechuan pepper and caraway seeds. Medium bodied and elegant, this