$30
The wine presents itself with a silvery hue in the glass, however delivers nothing less than a gold medal winning performance.
$40
95 points
We all need more German Riesling in our lives, and here’s a great offering from an outstanding vintage at a lip-smacking price. With 50g/L of residual sweetness, this is a pure, refined, medium sweet Kabinett from the Nahe region with a bouquet of lemon, lime, honey and figs. The palate balances fresh minerality and zesty [...]
$40
92 points
I love Riesling when it’s young and I adore it when it’s old, with all that toasty, nutty magic of the cellar. All the better when it comes pre-aged for you. At least, it would be if it were ready to go. There’s already five years of age in this bottle, but it needs more. [...]
$17
93 points
It took my panel a full three hours to judge just thirty-seven wines in the 2009 Riesling class at the Barossa Wine Show last year, to snickers of ridicule from neighbouring panels. That’s glacial pace by wine show standards but our panel chair David O’Leary (of O’Leary Walker fame) was adamant that we take our [...]
$45
97 points
This is the quintessence of Clare. And with a delicately structured citrus backbone that stretches the length of the Nullarbor, you can be assured this wine will live equally as long. Everything you expect from the Polish is here – fine perfume, lime leaf, lemongrass – all compacted together so tightly that you would have [...]
$45
98 points
Jeffrey Grosset is so exactingly meticulous to every detail that after twenty-nine vintages of single-minded determination, I could not imagine that there was anything left to be done in improving his wines. When the 2009s arrived, I didn’t expect any surprises from under those distinctive bright blue screw caps. I certainly didn’t expect Australia’s most [...]
$39
96 points
Classic Clare 2005 was one of the most captivating wines that Matthew Jukes and I sang the praises of in Taste Food & Wine 2007. So much so that it was still in the 2009 edition of the book! Why it’s hung around on the shelves for so many years completely confounds me, but it [...]
$33
96 points
As delicate and mineral-laden as ever, this is a high-pitched expression of this thrilling vineyard. Perfumed lime blossom and marzipan accent the bouquet, while its almond blossom palate ripples over a fine sheet of talcy minerality. A devastatingly beautiful Acland that will be one of the longest-lived to date.
$40
96 points
DWM18 sounds more like a flight number than a wine name, but any romance that this wine lacks in its title it more than makes up for inside the bottle. With desperate tenacity, beautiful minerality and seamless texture, this is a Leonay of incredible line and relentless persistence. Lifted florals and delicate citrus are there [...]
$29
96 points
Leonay is a cracking Riesling but its arresting purity and formidable structure makes it a challenging proposition in its youth. When a great vintage like 2005 has been bottled under screw cap, pre-aged for five years and then released at a great price, it’s a no-brainer. Or it would be if it weren’t still so [...]
95 points