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St. Andrews

Riesling 2018

Hedonistic and tightly focused, this exceptionally balanced wine displays lemon, lime and a seamless spine of natural acidity leading to a finish of extraordinary length.

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Tasting Notes

At release, the wine is a very pale green/straw colour with a slight green tinge to the edge. It displays vibrant lime aromas with hints of lemon and faint floral notes. The wine has a mouthwatering crispness with flavours of lime and lemon underpinned by minerality to give a beautiful linear focus to the palate and balancing the purity of fruit flavours.
Vinification

The aim is to craft a wine of delicacy and finesse that will age well. To this end, the juice was extracted using gentle whole berry pressing to protect the delicate fruit flavours and prevent any extraction of course phenolic character. It is then chilled quickly to just under 10 degrees C. The entire process occurring within ~15 minutes of harvest to ensure the true varietal and regional characters are captured and retained. The juice was allowed to cold settle for 24 hrs before being racked off gross lees. A cool fermentation was carried out in stainless steel vessels, using a relatively neutral yeast strain to preserve varietal characteristics. The fermentation was completed to a natural level of dryness. Minimal fining and filtration is employed prior to bottling in October 2018.
Vintage conditions

The growing season was characterized as warm and dry for vintage 2018, the only year in recent times warmer was 2016, which produced some excellent, award-winning wines. One of the great things about this vintage, though, was that we avoided any major heatwaves during vintage which can be very damaging and so to that end, vintage was relatively calm and controlled. Overall, our winemaking team are very excited about the quality of the wines from this vintage. In terms of the white varieties, these wines are highly aromatic with very pure and distinct varietal characters.

St Andrews vineyards, block A80, planted with the clone GM198.
Vineyard

Clare Valley
Technical details
- Acid: 9.10
- Alc %: 11.80
- PH: 2.80
- Residual Sugar: 0.80
Cellaring Notes

Under ideal conditions this wine should cellar well to 2038, possibly longer.

Winemaker NotesAt release, the wine is a very pale green/straw colour with a slight green tinge to the edge. It displays vibrant lime aromas with hints of lemon and faint floral notes. The wine has a mouthwatering crispness with flavours of lime and lemon underpinned by minerality to give a beautiful linear focus to the palate and balancing the purity of fruit flavours.

The aim is to craft a wine of delicacy and finesse that will age well. To this end, the juice was extracted using gentle whole berry pressing to protect the delicate fruit flavours and prevent any extraction of course phenolic character. It is then chilled quickly to just under 10 degrees C. The entire process occurring within ~15 minutes of harvest to ensure the true varietal and regional characters are captured and retained. The juice was allowed to cold settle for 24 hrs before being racked off gross lees. A cool fermentation was carried out in stainless steel vessels, using a relatively neutral yeast strain to preserve varietal characteristics. The fermentation was completed to a natural level of dryness. Minimal fining and filtration is employed prior to bottling in October 2018.

The growing season was characterized as warm and dry for vintage 2018, the only year in recent times warmer was 2016, which produced some excellent, award-winning wines. One of the great things about this vintage, though, was that we avoided any major heatwaves during vintage which can be very damaging and so to that end, vintage was relatively calm and controlled. Overall, our winemaking team are very excited about the quality of the wines from this vintage. In terms of the white varieties, these wines are highly aromatic with very pure and distinct varietal characters.

St Andrews vineyards, block A80, planted with the clone GM198.

Clare Valley

Acid: 9.10

Alc %: 11.80

PH: 2.80

Residual Sugar: 0.80

Under ideal conditions this wine should cellar well to 2038, possibly longer.

Reviews

Huon Hooke,

19 Feb 2019

91 Points

Light yellow colour, with a fresh lemon-essence, straw and dry-grass aroma, with a lively palate which is dry and quite high-acid. It is very nervy, dry and crisp and needs either food or time. It would age well.

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Sean Ludford,

4 Jul 2019

94 Points

Brilliant, light gold/green color. The nose is moderately intense offering scents of lemon and acacia flowers with supporting notes of green tea, grapefruit, and slate. The palate confirms the nose delivering a citrus-driven core with flavors of Asian pear, kiwi, and green apple. The finish is long and lingering. Medium-bodied and perfectly balanced with a loads of bright acidity creating a vibrant texture.

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Nick Stock, Biggest Australian Wine Tasting Ever

19 Jun 2019

92 Points

A very intense, crisp and dry, lime-scented riesling that also offers green apples on the palate, which is super taut, long and powerful. Drink or hold. Screw cap.

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