Yeringberg Viognier 2020

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95 Points – Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion)

“Crushed and destemmed with several hours skin contact and matured for 10 months in large-format oak. A bright green gold. Relatively restrained with white stone fruits, apricot kernel, honey and a little ginger and nutmeg spice. Rich and textured without a hint of oiliness, this finishes long. Bright acidity rounds out a wine that can be enjoyed over the next 23 years. One of the better Australian viogniers I’ve tasted. Drink by 2025.”

2020 has produced a wonderful Viognier that straddles that fine line between opulence and generosity, with a sense of freshness and vitality keeping everything in check. Packed full of exotic mango, lychee, candied ginger and peach aromas, the nose also offers a more subtle array of jasmine, orange blossom and rosewater
notes. The palate is almost hedonistic with its unctuous, pulpy, apricot generosity, a
sense of savoury restraint with neatly pitched phenolics and lifted, gently honeyed length.

A joyous edition of Viognier, best enjoyed over the next few years.