Ridgemill Estate 2021 Riesling

If there’s a white wine variety I really hang my hat on it has to be riesling, I’ve been drinking this grape for almost 50 years and was most happy a few years ago when I encountered it on The Granite Belt at Ridgemill Estate .. of course! In this 2021 vintage the black frost wiped out all the Ridgemill Estate fruit so this one, unusually is 100% other local GI fruit.2021 Riesling

A very light almost frosted straw colour in the glass with some slight golden hues where the light dances and gleams.

A classic riesling bouquet that reminds me of many Watervale rieslings, very citrusy with lemons at the forefront and slightly sour lime wafts quickly following. The redolence is fresh and quite lifted signalling a lot of energy in this wine. Green apple aromas glide upwards from a mineral base and there is a slight tangy tropical presence.

The palate has a lovely acidity moderated somewhat by a mid palate fruit swell with some textural aspects as the flavours build but then the fruit cedes just a little to the acidity and the wine takes you on a racy journey punctuated by more tingly type fruits and some crisp acidity. Immediately following the initial rush you encounter those lemons and limes evident on the bouquet and swirling around a little green apple juice, perhaps some talc like texture enters the experience and helps to build the textural quality in the mid palate fruit swell and when the acidity begins to pierce this surge other flavours reveal themselves, these are more tropical and akin to the pineapple/guava mix in feijoa and there is a trailing minerality. The combination of the fruits and the acidity later on the palate produces the beautiful flavour which I term twisted sherbert. Your palate is left clean and buzzing with energy and excitement as the wine’s entrancement calls you back for more.

Tasted: Friday 5th November, 2021 without food and then with over several hours.
Alcohol: 12%
Closure: Screwcap
Price: $30
Suggested Drinking Window: 2021 – 2029
Winemaker: Peter McGlashan
Fruit Source: Granite Belt GI from a Vineyard on Somme Lane, Ballandean
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Posted by Peter Pacey

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