When the wine merchant rang me offering the Yarra Yering Dry Red No. 3, I was interested. I had tried the Dry Red No. 1 and Dry Red No. 2 and liked both their offerings. The Dry Red No. 3 is much softer than I saw with the No. 1 and No. 2 and that is pretty simple as the No. 1 is a cabernet sauvignon blend, the No. 2 is a shiraz with the No. 3 a softer style.

Naturally, I checked the tasting notes and learned these were the last grapes picked. These were hand picked, so I am guessing these are older low yielding vines, they even had the first working with the feet as per traditional Portuguese style. This wine was matured in old oak barrels for 10 months before bottling so a much softer oak style with a 12.5% alcohol content.

This wine is a blend, and I must admit, I am not familiar with these varieties. So, the No. 3 is 28% Touriga Naçional, 28% Tinta Cão, 17% Tinta Amarela, 11% Tinta Roriz, 11% Alvarelhão and 5% Sousão, that is quite a mix. So I need to review Portuguese table wines, we all know their Duo Valley port blends, this is a dry style wine.