Category Archives: Clare Valley

I’m rather late to the party with the Grosset Riesling releases this year. For some reason I was busy buying other wines. Not quite as much generosity or immediate appeal as the 2012. Flavours are very similar though. Green apples … Continue reading →

A broader and more genial expression of Riesling than its Polish Hill companion. Will hit the spot for those looking for immediacy of expression. Orange skin, lime and quinine with a hint of passionfruit on the mid-palate. There’s enough definition to … Continue reading →

For the second year in a row O’Leary Walker’s Polish Hill River Riesling delivers massive bang for your buck. It will cellar too, if you can keep your hands off it now. It’s limey, pebbly, slightly musky with a suggestion … Continue reading →

Tasted in a blind bracket of eight Rieslings and showed its class. Not that blind tasting is everything. I prefer my assessment when I’ve had the chance to sit with a wine for two or three days myself. Still, it’s … Continue reading →

A juicy, ripe and precocious Riesling from Petaluma full of intense lemony flavour with a sherbet edge. I wouldn’t call it delicate but it is balanced and quite ballsy for the variety in question. Has some white florals too. A … Continue reading →

A Riesling with a wow factor. A textural odyssey. A three-dimensional treat for all the senses. “The word pazza in Italian is the feminine version of CRAZY and this is my wild fermented, unfiltered Riesling sourced from the dry grown … Continue reading →

Kerri ‘KT’ Thompson’s Clare Valley Rieslings are the ones I hang out for the most each year. I’m not saying they are necessarily the best Rieslings Australia produces but they are up there and I personally love what they offer. … Continue reading →

An entry-level Riesling from Wines by KT, drinking very well in its youth I might add. That’s not say it won’t age but fine acid and a lilt of fruit sweetness make it quite approachable right now. It’s sourced entirely … Continue reading →