Color: The wine shows a brilliant, exceptionally pale straw colour with youthful green tinges on release.
Nose: Exhibits pungent spicy blossom aromas, and hints of stone fruits enhanced by an underlying citrus vibrancy.
Palate: A seamless palate follows, with initial flavours of passionfruit and lemon barley leading to a richer, spicy mid-palate with hints of pear, and finishing with classic mouth-watering citrus.The team here quite relentlessly release cracking Riesling which offers superb value. Here we go again (this is a good thing, of course). The usual format here is a blend of the leading sub-regions of the Great Southern, including Mount Barker, Denmark, Porongurup and Frankland River. Just ridiculous value. A pale lemon hue, the nose immediately gives up that typical regional note of a touch of honeysuckle. There are citrus notes and florals, with grapefruit pith to the fore. With medium length and fine acidity, this will drink beautifully for the next five to eight years.
92 pts - Erin Larkin (Robert Parker's Wine Advocate)The 2024 Great Southern Riesling leads with Arum lily and wisteria, powdery/talc-like notes and white and green fruits. This is delicate and long. It comes from a warm, early, dry season and is a triumph of place and construction. The Geographical Indication (GI) is the Great Southern, a monumentally huge place with impressive diversity of vineyard areas and conditions, and yet the intense floral nature of the wine makes one consider whether or not a large proportion of the fruit came from the Porongurup subregion, or perhaps that component just makes an indelible mark. Whatever it is, I like it. There's a little bit of phenolic bitterness through the very finish, but it works to imbue the wine with some energy and savory structure.
Katrina (verified owner) –
Great value, delicious drop ready for drinking any night