Yarra Yering Dry Red No. 2 2024

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Philip Rich - Halliday Wine Companion

A blend of 99/1% shiraz/viognier. Fermented with whole berries and matured in barriques (30% new). A medium-deep crimson purple. Concentrated with dark fruits, cedar and melted licorice. There's an earthiness, too. The palate is medium to full bodied, powerful and plush yet beautifully balanced. The tannins are subsumed by the fruit. Everything is in place for this beauty to become softer and more complex over the next 15–20 years.

95 POINTS

Erin Larkin - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2024 Dry Red No 2 is perfumed, floral and fine on the nose, with rose petals, pomegranate, white flowers and paprika dolce. The tannins show immense finesse on the plate. This wine is elegant, restrained and lovely. 14% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.

93 POINTS

Campbell Mattinson - The Wine Front

The vines date back to 1969, though there were also plantings in the 1980s and 1990s. It’s a blend of Shiraz, Marsanne and (a small portion of ) Viognier. Thrips wine is set for release in May 2026. This is a pretty, energetic release of Dry Red No 2. Indeed it would sit comfortably in the “Burgundian Shiraz” category. It’s spicy and cherried and floral and inherently complex, with smoked meat, peppercorn and graphite characters whispered throughout. This is a wine built on acidity, energy and tannin; it’s a wine of torque, texture, purity and balance. Right now it feels both impeccably composed and super-young; time will bring great results.