WTN: Tasha Yarra

[David M. Bueker]

• 1991 Yarra Yering Dry Red N°1 - Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley (4/7/2022)
  Served blind, and decanted prior to the tasting.
  
  This wine had us all thinking France when first tried. One of the tasters guess "Graves" right off the bat, and that certainly seemed plausible. Elegance, minerality - it fit. There was still a notable level of dusty red fruit, and some cedary/cigar box type aromas. It felt like gracefully aged Bordeaux on a plateau of maturity - all the elements developing on the same path, so the flavors and the structure were in balance. We eventually worked our way to Australia, but only with a million hints. Beautiful bottle in a prime drinking window.

[Jenise]

Impressive.

Great note
I first met the Yarra Yerring Dry Reds (1 & 2) at an offline in Tokyo. I was pretty off Australian wines then (due to the Grateful Palate /Phillips fruitbomb style that dominated). The Yarra Yerrings and Parker Estate wines weren't like that, and led to me finding others like Mt Mary, Wendouree, and Mt Langhi. Still don't drink a lot of Aussie, but more than I used to.