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2010 Moppity Lock & Key Riesling
Hilltops 11.0% Screwcap $14.99 Source: Sample The Clare and Eden Valleys are beginning to face some serious competition in the Riesling stakes, with Tasmania, Great Southern, Henty, Canberra and the Grampians all making some excellent expressions of the variety. Judging from a … Continue reading
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2009 Clare Valley Estate Defender of the Faith Riesling
Clare Valley 12.0% Screwcap $? Source: Sample A Llama Another wine sent to me by Greysonline. The auction seems to be over but from memory it went for about 5 bucks a bottle in a dozen. You just know the … Continue reading
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2010 Grosset Off-dry Watervale Riesling
Clare Valley 11.5% Screwcap $35 Source: Retail For fellow trainspotters – 15-16g/l RS, 8-9g/l TA, so we’re really only just in off-dry territory here. I had a bottle of this with a friend and we loved it. I’m not a … Continue reading
Posted in Clare Valley, Riesling
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2009 Frogmore Creek FGR Riesling
Tasmania 9.5% Screwcap $24 Source: Retail I’ve found myself wondering of late whether or not Australian producers can produce off-dry Rieslings which stand up in the company of those wonders from Mosel or even the upstarts from New Zealand with … Continue reading
2010 Best’s Great Western Riesling
Grampians 11.5% Screwcap $22 Source: Sample Well, the Best’s tweet up has been and gone (not without incident, controversy and divergence of opinion I might add). I consider it a huge success, both for the winery & the region – … Continue reading
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2010 De Bortoli Riesling Kabinett
Yarra Valley 12.0% Screwcap $21.60 Source: Retail Sarah Fagan Oh, to be a winemaker at De Bortoli! Steve & Leanne seem to encourage ceaseless innovation. Mind you, it looks like Sarah Fagan totally deserves the gig. My understanding is that this wine … Continue reading
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2010 Four Winds Vineyard Alinga Riesling
Canberra 12.8% Screwcap $17 Source: Sample I don’t have any information on the residual sugar in this wine but it tastes off-dry. The clone of Riesling in the vineyard is an American development of a German traditional clone from Geisenheim. I suspect … Continue reading
2009 Jamsheed Great Western Westgate Riesling
Grampians 12.0% Screwcap $24.99 Source: Retail I love the Grampians. I love Riesling. I love innovation. And I like wines that are textural and taste good. So I love this. You’ve probably read about this wine before, but in case … Continue reading
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Radford Eden Valley Fortified Riesling NV
Eden Valley 16.5% Screwcap $ 35 Source: Sample Sound weird? Well, it works and that’s what matters… Made from the pressings off their estate Riesling, barrel fermented in old French wood before being fortified with grape spirit and matured in a … Continue reading
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2009 Capital Wines The Whip Riesling
Canberra 12.0% Screwcap $18 Source: Sample If you’ve been reading much wine media lately, you’ve probably noticed Canberra is hot, hot, hot (not in terms of climate of course). One thing that strikes me about the region and its producers … Continue reading