Tasting Notes for Yangarra Circle Shiraz 2024 from the Winery

Meet your new go-to Shiraz. This fresh, vibrant, and medium-bodied wine is made for sharing with friends. Grown in our single estate vineyard in the cooler, elevated northeast of McLaren Vale, it offers lively fruit, spice, and a lighter touch on the classic Aussie favourite. Perfect for any occasion, from casual BBQs to dinner parties. It’s youthful, energetic, and always the life of the party.

VINTAGE SUMMARY

A normal wet winter was followed by a picturesque dry spring. The long range weather patterns indicated a shift from La Niña towards El Niño, which favours drier and hotter conditions. In these warmer seasons, we adjust our practices to encourage slightly higher yields and more canopy cover. However, the unexpected summer rainfall in December and January presented a unique challenge, resulting in larger bunches and berry development. Warm conditions prevailed through February and early March, promoting ripening of flavours and sugars with the balance we were aiming for. The warmth led to an intense couple of weeks, during which we harvested the majority of the grapes.

WINEMAKING

Picked, destemmed and sorted into stainless steel open fermenters. Wild fermentation, gentle maceration on skins for 15 days. Matured on lees in old French oak puncheons and foudre for a total of 11 months. Bottled February 2025. Certified Organic and Biodynamic.

Technical Details:
Alcohol: 14.0%
pH: 3.65
TA: 5.8 gL
Variety: 100% Shiraz
Region: Blewitt Springs, McLaren Vale, South Australia.
Geology:  North Maslin Sands (54 million years old)

Organic
Vegan Friendly
Certified Biodynamic

Yangarra is a single-vineyard estate situated in Blewitt Springs, at the northern edge of the McLaren Vale region, South Australia. Yangarra’s combination of ancient geology, high altitude and Mediterranean climate provide the ideal growing conditions for the best grape varieties of the southern Rhône.

(SKU: YG_CISH_CV)