Yangarra Noir Grenache McLaren Vale 2019 Great value

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Yangarra Noir is a blend in the style of a Cotes du Ventoux or Cotes du Rhone Rouge. Stunning complexity and a bit in the Grenache of Pinot lovers camp.

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Yangarra Noir is a blend of 62% Grenache, 12% Mourvèdre, 15% Shiraz, 3% Cinsaut, 6% Carignan, 2% Counoise. It is a lighter, more fragrant style of red, in the style of a Cotes du Ventoux or Cotes du Rhone Rouge. Stunning complexity and a bit in the Grenache of Pinot lovers camp. Drink it over the next few years. Don’t be afraid to lightly chill it over summer.

Yangarra Noir Wine Review

ANDREW GRAHAM ozwinereview.com
93 Points

“What deliciousness again from Yangarra. This Yangarra Noir 2019 is a blend of 62% Grenache, 15% Shiraz, 12% Mourvedre, 6% Carignan, 3% Cinsault, 2% Counoise. It’s smashable red wine of obvious appeal. All fruit, it’s a showcase for McLaren Vale Grenache, but layered with darker fruit, mint, herbs. It’s pure, long and vibrant and yet approachable – a simply winning wine. Not for keeping, it’s the perfect immediate choice. Best drinking: now and over the next 5 odd years (maybe more, but you run the risk of losing that joyful fruit). 25 November, 2020

Yangarra is one vineyard of 100 hectares broken into 35 blocks. Almost exclusively planted to the varieties of the Rhone Valley; in particular the Southern Rhone. But new plantings of Spanish grapes are underway. The core of the Yangarra offering is old, bush vines of Grenache. All the vines are certified organic and biodynamic. Their efforts are working as not only are the wines amazing, but James Halliday awarded Yangarra wine of the year in the 2020 Companion.

McLaren Vale

The maritime climate and sandy soils of McLaren Vale make it a great place for growing grapes. Reds in particular excel here. Shiraz of course, but the Spanish varieties Grenache and Tempranillo seem well suited too. The maritime climate helps mitigate some of the heat from the SA summers and the sandy soils mean that phylloxera could not survive and so they have some of the oldest vines in the world.

Grenache/Garnacha

Spain’s gift to the world. We know it as Grenache and I think everyone has a soft spot for it in some way. Almost too exuberant in expressing its sweet red fruits and high alcohol, it often needs a little bit of other wines to add moderation, structure and depth. Much like Abbott and Costello. Despite this, the wines of Priorat, Chateauneuf du Pape, Rioja and Aussie GSMs have an amazing ability to age for the long-term.

Australian Wine

The invasion of “Sunshine in a bottle” put Australian wine on the map.  The fruity, easy-going, somewhat samey wines were endearing for a short time. Then the next big thing knocked them off their perch.

This forced producers to increase quality and emphasise the special terroirs of Australia. Of which, there are many. And many more yet to be discovered.

Australian Wine Map 2

Wine

Wine is the result you get from fermented grape juice. There is proof of wine production dating back 8000 years ago. Fashions, innovations and many other factors have influenced the way wine has evolved over the years.

The wine grape is pretty special. It contains everything you need to make grape wine. Except for the yeast, which lives on the outside of the skins.

Human inputs can influence the final product. This includes the viticulture (growing) choices. And the winemaker can shape the wine to a point too.

The best wines of the world often refer to terroir. This is a French term that refers to all the climatic, geological and topographical influences on a specific piece of land. And it is true that neighbouring vineyards, grown identically, can taste noticeably different.

Red Wine

Fun fact; most of the colour for wines comes from the skins. There are only a handful of grapes that have red juice. Alicante is the most well known of these grapes.

By macerating the juice on the skins the wine gains tannins, and flavours. Certain compounds change the chemistry of the wine too.

Red wines tend to have higher alcohol. More tannin and more oak flavours compared to other styles of wine. But the thousands of grapes and terroirs they grow in influence this.

Yangarra Noir Grenache McLaren Vale 2018

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