Yangarra High Sands Grenache 2021 Blanc de Noirs while aging was a bit

while aging was a bit more than a year in cask

forest floor

birds and rain events all conspired to make things tough

ripe tannins and a long finish

The bouquet is very opened

Yangarra High Sands Grenache 2021 Blanc de Noirs while aging was a bitHigh Sands is always a landmark wine, a site reflective icon of peerless husbandry and elaboration, but it can be imposing, needing time and reflection. This is different, though, finely tuned, lucid, silky and sophisticated, and feeling even more expressive of place. A great, cool vintage, yes, with both depth and levity, but Pete Frasers quarter turns of the screw are also palpable. Fruits are red and black, ripe but with some tart wild tension,