Contrary to popular myth, good Viognier need not taste overtly of apricot or peach. This is the perfect example: the main hints of stone fruit are faint reflections of the peach kernel. It’s pleasantly waxy, chubby and fluffy in the mouth with references to pale, fleshly, pithy exotic fruits.

Our Viognier is planted on an east facing ridge of our single vineyard estate in sandy mixed with ironstone gravels. The climate is cool thanks to a higher elevation and the breezes that waft off the bordering Mount Lofty Ranges. A modified VSP (vertical shoot positioned) system lets us regulate the amount of sunlight to reach the leaves and grapes. A small amount of fruit thinning is also done pre-veraison to minimise bunch crowding and to ensure even ripening.

Yangarra is a single vineyard estate located in the Blewitt Springs foothills on the northeast edge of McLaren Vale – ten miles from the sparkling Gulf St. Vincent. Home is 420 acres of vines, wild pastures, towering gum trees, creeks and natural corridors. A cooler climate coupled with our weathered, sandy soils feed our Rhône varieties unusually intense, lush and soulful flavours.