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Fragrant citrus, passionfruit and lime; brilliant clarity of flavour; light but insistent long palate. Gold WA Wine Show ’08. Screwcap. 12.7% alc. Rating 95 Points Drink 2015 $27.50 Date Tasted Oct 08 James Halliday Wine Companion 2010

A gold medal winner at the WA Wine Show last year in what would have been a very tough class (all those delicious 08 Great Southern Rieslings). As soon as I 'did the twist' and got the first waft of Rieslingy goodness, I just knew this was a winner. Good Riesling just has that affect - it’s so piercingly pure and direct, especially from the Granitic soils of Mt Barker, that it renders other grape varieties as also-rans.

Green, watery green in colour, it looks like very bright, green water, very young & just settling for a long life ahead. The nose has talc, lemon & stones, all smelling fragrant & is longingly deep, like a lemon lime edged waterfall on a stony creek bed, it’s that pure & utterly Rieslingish. Just the teensiest bit of age entering on the nose too (which is doing this wine no disservice). The palate follows with a tight, Lime Margarita & lemon juice palate that has wonderful acidic grip, the palate moving from searing dryness to limey intensity and back to acidity again.

All up it’s a wonderfully intense, direct Riesling in the beautifully powerful mould that Mt Barker does so well - Pretty, but powerful. This was 'tasted' as opposed to 'drunk' and it was rather a challenge to spit out. Wonderful stuff. 18.8 points (20.0) Andrew Graham; Australian Wine Review

Gold Medal – 2008 Qantas Wine Show of Western Australia