Grosset Polish Hill Riesling 2025
G 96
The flagship Grosset Riesling shrugs off what was a challenging warm vintage and excels in delivering another pearler of a wine. Florals and signature spice shine with spark and energy from first sniff in lime blossom, honeysuckle, fresh cut green apple, ginger notes and wet stone. Runs crisp and dry into a concentrated middle palate juicy and energised in a mineral brightness, delivering immediate drinkability. It’s open and engaging for one so young. There is a strong temptation to jump right in and enjoy now. But we know that patience will also be rewarded. Drink now–2042 Jim Barry Wines The Florita Riesling 2025 G 96 A real beauty, The Florita offers the heady scent of the Clare Valley in springtime: citrus blossom, white flowers, just-squeezed limes and cut apple. Impressive intensity from the first sip with a deeply concentrated essence of lime, citrus, apple, grapefruit pith and lingering background herbs. The power and aromatic beauty of Florita fruit is on full show, delivered on linear, fine-edged acidity. Mouth- wateringly dry. Drink now–2038 Kilikanoon Prodigal Grenache 2023 G 96 Hails from the Watervale sub-region noted for its superb Riesling and, increasingly, quality red grapes. This takes Grenache into serious territory, into a world of deep, concentrated Grenache flavours while retaining the variety’s super attractive florals. It’s a seamless beauty in ripe red cherries, plum, maraschino cherries, hibiscus, wild herbs, earth, dusty cocoa and the merest splash of confection. It arrives fully formed with a subtle complexity and great drinkability delivered in fine yet linear tannins. A lovely purity of varietal expression. Drink now–2030 Kilikanoon Oracle Shiraz 2019 G 96 Oracle is one of original labels that marked the birth of Kilikanoon in 1997. It brings not only a sense of history but of the power we so often associate with traditional Clare Valley Shiraz. Dense and ripe, it comes in layers of black fruits, high spice, liquorice, dark chocolate, fragrant sweet oak, Aussie bush notes and a quintessential, inherent earthiness. There is a deep complexity, but essential to the wine is an elegance, courtesy of some beautifully refined, ripe tannins. Undeniably drinkable, but further patience will definitely be rewarded. Drink now–2039 Knappstein Ackland Vineyard Watervale Riesling 2025 G 96 A single vineyard wonder from one of the highest-altitude vineyards in the Clare Valley, 450–500 metres above sea level. A deep thread of savoury, stony, mineral- flecked flavour and precise lemon-lime citrus meets with an exotic preserved lemon and herbal edge. The result is one complex, fascinating and engaging young Riesling of some finesse. Chalky in texture and filigree-fine in acidity, it’s a keeper. Drink now–2040
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