Yangarra Estate Circle Field Blend 2024 6pack 13.5% 750ml

Yangarra Estate Circle Field Blend 2024 6pack 13.5% 750ml

Tasting Notes

Palate
With bright red fruit flavours and a juicy, smooth finish, it’s the perfect ‘chillable red’ for casual gatherings. Think of it as Grenache with friends, crafted for easy enjoyment.

Region notes
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.

Food matching
Mediterranean-style meals.

Vintage notes
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.

Vinification
Grenache handpicked on the 2nd and 4th of April. All other varieties handpicked on the 5th of April and fermented together. All varieties destemmed and 50% crushed to open fermenters. Approx 12 days on skin with a very gentle maceration. Matured on lees in older French oak puncheon and foudre for 11 months. Bottled February 2025. Certified Organic and Biodynamic.

Grape variety
70% Grenache Noir, 17% Carignan, 10% Counoise, 2% Cinsault, 1% Mourvèdre

PH
3.56

Acidity
5.4 g/L

Reviews:

Marcus Ellis, Halliday Wine Companion - 91 Pts

70/17/10/2/1% grenache/carignan/counoise/cinsault/mourvédre. This is a new addition to the Yangarra line-up, utilising some of the younger vine southern Rhône material. Pale in the glass, it’s somewhat frisky in its mid-girth way with the pedal on freshness. Grenache’s red berry, redcurrant and cherry notes lead, backed up by some boysenberry and warm baking spices. While I wouldn’t drink it cold, this would be perfect coming up from fridge to cellar temperature for drinking alfresco on a summer’s day.

Gary Walsh, The Wine Front - 91 Pts

This is quite juicy, but also a little savoury and meaty. Raspberry, boysenberry, orange peel and a little sweet spice. It’s medium-bodied, has some powdery grip to tannin, a bit of a blood orange tang though red fruits, and finishes with solid length. Nice wine all up.