Yelland And Papps
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YP ROUSSANNE BLEND BLANC 2022
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The fruit is harvested by hand at the optimum flavour and on natural acid profile, fruit is delivered to Yelland & Papps winery and gently crushed
and pressed off after cooling, then pressed to French oak puncheons.
Fermentations are indigenous. Battonage frequently. Aging takes place for six months in large format 100% French Oak puncheons. SO2 is kept to a minimum, usually added only before bottling. There really is no precise recipe, only the guiding principles of minimal intervention and taste. No filtration.
SINGLE VINEYARD ROUSSANNE 2022
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Sourced from the Greenock sub-region of the Barossa Valley from mixed loam over rich clay soils. 300m above sea level. The grapes are hand picked, basket pressed and left to naturally ferment in oak. Bottled after eight months.
YP VIN DE SOIF 2021
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Sourced from old-vine vineyard sites across the Barossa, the Vin de Soif is a ‘Barossan Sub-Regional Composition’, with an average vine-age of 87 years.
A blend of Grenache 70%, Mataro 25% and Carignan 5%, its all about thirst quenching, soft and juicy drinkability. Hand-harvested, wild yeast ferment with a proportion of whole bunches and extended skin contact before 20 months in old, seasoned French oak barrels.
Sourced from old-vine vineyard sites across the Barossa, like the Vin de Soif, this Shiraz is a ‘Barossan Sub-Regional Composition’. Fruit was sourced from Greenock, Marananga, Vine Vale, Dorrien, Stonewell and Kalimna.
A later start to vintage with some milder days, allowed the fruit to ripen slowly, intensifying the flavours and made it a great year to be able to pick fruit with lower baumes and on acid flavour. With a portion of whole bunch, this Shiraz is light and bright and at 12.9% alcohol.
SINGLE VINEYARD GREENOCK SHIRAZ 2020
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“Wild yeast-open fermented, 14 days on skins, matured in 76% French, 24% American oak (47% new), 23 months. This has everything its standard Barossa Valley sibling lacks: it’s gloriously intense and rich, focused and balanced. The more it is tasted, the better it is. 1675 bottles made.” – 96 – James Halliday – Halliday Wine Companion
SINGLE VINEYARD OLD VINE GRENACHE NV
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You hear and see the word ’Single Vineyard’ a lot these days to promote both a message of originality and superior quality. In this case there is no question at all in my mind that these characteristics are being defined to the fullest with this wine from Yelland and Papps.
Exclusively sourced from a vineyard in the sub region of Tanunda planted between 1920 and 1925 on original rootstock, the youngest vines onsite just turning 96 years old at the time of this release. The vineyard has two distinct soil profiles. In the East parcel its red brown earth over limestone, the West fractured shale and mudstone mixed with quartz, ironstone and calcareous clay.
Susan and Michael Papps have been ‘allocated’ 2 rows from this vineyard since they first were able to purchase fruit in 2012, which equates to approximately 2 tonnes of grapes per vintage. Previously they have bottled this specific vineyard under their top label Divine, however due to a revision to the tiers of their range and such small vintages in recent years they decided to blend 2018, 2019 & 2021 and bottle under this new label. We are surely the beneficiary’s of this idea considering the trade LUC of this wine, a declassified treat if ever there was one.
Each vintage was vinified the same: Hand picked, de-stemmed, wild fermented in small open top tanks for approximately 20 to 25 days. Pressed off skins via their onsite traditional wooden basket press then transferred to French puncheons, just a small % of new. This of course where the elevage differs due to the NV blend of 2018, 2019 and 2021. A range of ageing from 3 to 40 months in oak.
This is very much a ‘one off’ due to the NV nature of the wine however Susan and Michael are considering a future single vintage release under this label however we will have to wait.