Yarra Yering Dry Red No 2 Shiraz Viognier 2012 Blanc de Blancs The 2023 Chablis Bougros Grand

The 2023 Chablis Bougros Grand Cru

and raspberry with hints of coffee

sinew and lovely pure fruit

with highly strung energy leading into a densely packed core of fruit

but it will be vastly better with a bit of time in the cellar to gain more complexity

Yarra Yering Dry Red No 2 Shiraz Viognier 2012 Blanc de Blancs The 2023 Chablis Bougros GrandShiraz, with a small percentage of mataro, was co fermented with viognier and marsanne. While the colour is not particularly deep, the fragrance of the wine is exceptional, the intensity of the juicy spray of red fruits on the vibrant palate even more so. This is an iron fist in a velvet glove, the flavours lingering long after the wine has been swallowed. The inheritance of the late Bailey Carrodus is being carefully guarded. James Halliday