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Rise Watervale Riesling 2010

January 29, 2011

Rise Watervale Riesling 2010 (Clare Valley, SA)
11.5%, Screwcap, $22?
Source: Sample
www.risevineyards.com.au

There is something wonderfully reassuring about sticking your nose in a Watervale Riesling like this. It’s a comfortable smell perhaps – a familiar smell even – that is unerringly distinctive, regional and terroir driven (yes, I’m going there). It’s a smell that I love.

That smell is of lime juice. Lime juice and Gardenia and expressive fruit. You can smell the sharp acidity too, expressed in a nose filling rush that is both distinctive and a little overpowering, all at once. Lime juice and acid is the what the palate is all about too, with just this beautiful line of intense, nay super intense, Clare Riesling fruit. Some clever phenolic chew through the finish just adds to the power and depth, making for a very long and sinewy palate indeed. It’s perhaps a little tight and withdrawn right now, but everything looks very promising indeed for the future, not least the very good length.

Looking for the essence of serious Watervale Riesling? Look no further. Good stuff. 18/93

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    At 18 I started working in a small suburban bottleshop, largely to buy cheap beer. It was my first year of university, doing a degree that I didn't really like, and a liquor shop seemed like fun. Needless to say I discovered wine, my uni degree morphed into something completely different and wine/beer took over my life.

    Almost twenty years later and I currently spend my days wearing many (wine) hats, mostly as a writer, presenter and marketer.

    While wearing my writer cap I write features for the likes of National Liquor News, Gourmet Traveller WINE and the RAS plus I'm a Lifestyle FOOD channel wine expert. Read more about me here or get in touch to book your next wine event with me here.

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