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"For your pleasure
In our present state
Part false part true
Like anything
We present ourselvesThe words we use tumble
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Gravel hard and looseThere all night lying
With your dark horse hiding
Abhorring such extremes" - Bryan FerryCategories
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2008 Pewsey Vale The Contours Riesling
The 2008 vintage was not without its challenges (warm and dry) but Louisa Rose and the Pewsey Vale vineyard have risen above them. The Contours is released with five years of bottle age although Rose wouldn’t mind seeing it come … Continue reading
2013 Woods Crampton Eden Valley Riesling
I must admit, the 2012 Woods Crampton Riesling didn’t do a lot for me either of the two times I tasted it. It seemed broad almost to the point of being advanced. Anyway, lots of other reviewers loved it so … Continue reading
2013 Pizzini King Valley Riesling
Pizzini are a winery known for their take on Italian varieties within the King Valley. Truth is I’ve never tasted many of their ‘non-Italian’ expressions. This Riesling offers broad flavour and easy-going appeal but it’s not in the same league … Continue reading
2013 O’Leary Walker Watervale Riesling
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
2013 O’Leary Walker Polish Hill River Riesling
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
2013 Clos Clare Watervale Riesling
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
2013 Petaluma Hanlin Hill Clare Valley Riesling
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
2013 Pazza by KT Unfiltered Wild Fermented Riesling
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
2013 Churinga Vineyard Watervale Riesling by KT
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
2013 5452 by KT Watervale Riesling
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