Yarra Yarra Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 1994

Yarra Yarra Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 1994"Although Ian Maclean did little or nothing to gain publicity, word got around that the wines were of exceptional quality." James Halliday Ian Maclean purchased a 17 hectare site at Steels Creek at the northern end of the Yarra Valley in 1977 and established Yarra Yarra. He planted 2 hectares of the classic Bordeaux varieties Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot in 1979 1980. The first vintage produced under the Yarra Yarra label was in 1983.

"Very elegant

the bouquet is very 389: neither variety dominates and the cabernet component is ripe and of the less-aromatic style

someone had hidden it under the table at a trade tasting so it added to the mystique

signed up to study viticulture and oenology by correspondence at Charles Sturt University

and a very long powerful finish

its future still in front of it

At once meaty

Drink: to 2025

cloves and sarsaparilla

Attractive roasted walnut

intensity and focus achieved without apparent effort

It is unusual among high quality Australian red wines as it does not rely on any new oak