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Yarra Yering Carrodus Merlot 2001
Jeremy’s score 94/100Extremely concentrated (cropped around half a tonne per acre), it’s slightly raw (understandably) and perhaps does reveal slightly sappy under-ripe influences as well as possibly overripe fruit undertones.
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Yarra Yering Carrodus Merlot 2003
Jeremy’s score 89/100Fragrant and floral, with lightly dusty and leafy aromas of dark cherries and sweet cedary oak over hints of animal hide and game meats. Green-edged and tending towards a slight rawness, the palate frames an herbaceous, snow pea and capsicum-like expression of dusty fruit with sappy, fine tannins.
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Yarra Yering Carrodus Merlot 2004
Jeremy’s score 93/100Finely honed, supple and willowy merlot, with a floral perfume of black cherries, cassis and mulberries backed by cedar/vanilla oak and herbal and tobaccoey undertones. Long and smooth, its vibrant cherry/plum/cassis fruit and restrained oak reveal some faint dusty, leafy undertones. It’s tightly integrated and brightly flavoured but lacks the length for a higher rating.
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Yarra Yering Carrodus Merlot 2005
Jeremy’s score 94/100A ripe, generous and deeply fruited merlot whose delicate, floral and dark-fruited aromas of mulberries, dark cherries and plums knits neatly with sweet cedar/vanilla oak. Framed by rather kernel-like tannin, its sumptuous expression of dark berry/cherry flavour and dusty, newish oak culminates in a persistent, meaty finish of refreshing acidity. It’s all about restrained power.
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Yarra Yering Carrodus Merlot 2006
Jeremy’s score 96/100A sumptuous, polished, smooth and complex merlot whose deep fragrance of dark plums, blackberries and dark cherries is handsomely backed by cedar/vanilla oak, suggestions of minerals, undergrowth and a slight meatiness. Supported by fine-grained chassis of dusty tannin, its exceptionally long, succulent and harmonious palate deftly marries sour-edged fruit and savoury oak, finishing with an invigorating acidity.
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Yarra Yering Carrodus Merlot 2007
Jeremy’s score 82/100Clearly affected by smoke taint, with a modest presence of bright cherry, plum and dark berry flavour coupled with chocolatey oak and backed by meaty undertones. ItÕs angular and bitter, with a lean, raw and metallic ashtray-like finish.
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Yarra Yering Carrodus Merlot 2008
Jeremy’s score 96/100Spectacularly varietal, this long, rather closed merlot will become more luscious and assertive with time. Its earthy bouquet of cranberries, mulberries, dark cherries and plums knit tightly with cedar/vanilla oak, while its palate is long and sumptuously fruited, but holds back a brooding core of pure varietal fruit. Supported by firmish, fine and loose-knit and grainy tannins, itÕs finely balanced and finishes with refreshing acidity, exceptional length and brightness.
