Yarra Valley Wine
By Chris • Sep 14th, 2009 • Category: Wine RegionsThe Yarra Valley wine region surrounds the Yarra River in Melbourne. It is a long established wine region with a cooler climate. The region is renowned for Pinot Noir in particular but also excellent chardonnay and sparkling wines. There are over 70 wineries in the Yarra Valley and it is a top tourist destination.
Pinot wines are notorious for being difficult to make and yet they are amongst the most popular wines in the world. They are light to medium bodied, very aromatic with black cherry, raspberry and other fruit notes.
Typical characteristics of Yarra Valley Pinot Noir are fruit flavours, berries through to cherries, spices such as cinnamon and mint, and earthy notes such as mushrooms and “forest floor” characters.
It’s one of the easiest red wines to match with food and goes well with white meat, mild creamy cheese such as brie or camembert or even fish.
A great Pinot Noir wine deal on offer currently is the Punt Road Little Rebel Yarra Pinot Noir 2006 from WineMarket. It’s from award winning winemaker, Kate Goodman. You would normally pay $23.99 a bottle so at $14.99 it’s great value.
We keep an eye on Pinot Noir wine specials from Australian merchants online as well as great examples of Yarra Valley Pinot Noir.
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