Yarra Yering Underhill Shiraz 2022 6 Pack

93 POINTS

Jeremy Oliver

Wild and fragrant, with a fiery, spicy and peppery bouquet of cassis, blackberries and redcurrants backed by faintly smoky, creamy vanilla oak with earthy, chocolatey undertones and a whiff of licorice. Medium in weight, it's long, supple and savoury, with a gentle spine of faintly crunchy tannins. Quite St-Joseph-like, but could use more extract.

93 POINTS

Erin Larkin - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2022 Shiraz Underhill aromatically leads with resinous tobacco character, raspberry and mortadella, cassis, perfume and dried flowers. In the mouth, the wine is lean and full of whole-bunch characters, although I believe this only makes up about 20% of the wine. With dried orange peel and bergamot, musk sticks (fondant candy), lavender and blueberries, this is elegant but lean and bunchy. It's a style and done well. From an eight-acre, clay-based soil Shiraz block with a westerly aspect planted in 1973. 13.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap. in 2023, this wine won the trophy for Best Victorian Shiraz at the Melbourne Royal Wine Awards.