Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2008 Riesling is light straw-colored with a fragrant nose of baking spices, acacia and lemon-lime. Crisp, spicy, and vibrant on the palate, this light-bodied Riesling is nicely concentrated and has the acid structure to evolve for 2-3 years.
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Wine & Spirits
This lively riesling backs up its fragrant, juicy peach flavor with firm green apple acidity. It's rich in the middle, talcky and saline in the end. For grilled prawns.
Riesling possesses a remarkable ability to reflect the character of wherever it is grown while still maintaining its identity. A regal variety of incredible purity and precision, this versatile grape can be just as enjoyable dry or sweet, young or old, still or sparkling and can age longer than nearly any other white variety. Somm Secret—Given how difficult it is to discern the level of sweetness in a Riesling from the label, here are some clues to find the dry ones. First, look for the world “trocken.” (“Halbtrocken” or “feinherb” mean off-dry.) Also a higher abv usually indicates a drier Riesling.
Occupying the tip of Western Australia’s spectacular southern coastline is a wine region of impressive natural diversity called the Great Southern. Here cool climate loving varieties like Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc grow in vineyards hugging its jagged coastlines.
Farther inland, among Great Southern's rolling hills and flatlands, a more pronounced temperature shift between day and night is perfect for the the production of exciting Riesling wines as well as impressive Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz.