2004 Yarra Yering, Dry Red No. 2, Yarra Valley, Australia

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2004 Yarra Yering, Dry Red No. 2, Yarra Valley, AustraliaThe 2004 Dry Red Wine No. 2 (95% Shiraz and 5% Marsanne and Viognier), while also amazing, is more closed, tannic, and harder to fully penetrate than the Shiraz. With aeration, the bouquet reveals notions of exotic Asian spices intermixed with flowers, blackberries, and cassis. In the mouth, the wine struts its stuff with a full bodied, layered, broad, flavorful, concentrated style and moderately high tannin in the finish. This fabulous bambino needs

The finish gives delicious notes of dried fig

Almost timid in fact

The 2004 Lafite is indisputably a classic claret with its blackcurrant fruit and hints of eucalyptus

a hint of tropical fruit

with lots of earthy minerality

The palate expands on this theme with apricot jam

35% Pinot Noir and 30% Pinot Meunier and undergoing lees ageing for eight months to create toasted brioche flavours in the final wine

leafy tobacco

With tiny yields of only 28hl/ha and a huge percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon (86%) in the blend this is a multi-dimensional marvel

Stuart Piggot

The 1977s have reached the middle stage of what will prove to be a long and distinguished life

This is another stellar set of wines from Fred Savart