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100% Riesling; 100% Great Southern - Western Australia; The wine is pale straw in colour with green hues. The nose is wonderfully aromatic showing limes, passion fruit and floral characters while the palate is clean and refreshing with citrus and bath salts to backup the riper fruit flavours. The finish is clean and quite mineral like with a lovely zing of acid down the palate. Howard Park MadFish Riesling 2006; Pale straw; clean, crisp and fresh; delicate citrus and passionfruit flavours, finishing with lemony acidity. 12º alc. Rating 92 points Drink 2016 $16 Date Tasted Oct 06 James Halliday Wine Companion 2008 A good medal at Mount Barker ... it is a delicious up-front riesling: zesty and bright with lemon citrus flavours and a hint of tropical fruit. Great value! Rating: 18 / 20; STM Top 100 Wines; Peter Forrestal Top 5 Riesling of the Year - Winestate Magazine - Special Edition: Pale straw in colour with green hues. Wonderfully aromatic, showing limes, passionfruit and floral characters. The palate is clean and refreshing with citrus and bath salts to back up the riper fruit flavours. The finish is clean and quite mineral-like with a lovely zing of acid down the palate. The West Magazine - Best White Under $15.00 - Continues to amaze for its quality in the price bracket. This fine example of classic cool-climate riesling is stunning. Lovely lime and talcy mineral characters typify this variety. Ray Jordan; The West Magazine Rose lychee smelling, with nashi and nettle. 91 Points; Tim White; Australian Financial Review Has been a tremendously consistent wine that punches well above its weight. This is another beauty with the limey mineral aromas and intense tight palate. Super riesling. Rating: 90 Points; Ray Jordans Guide to Wine 2006/2007 From the time this wine was launched a few years ago it has been a real winner for Howard Park and, in fact, has scored very well at wine shows. This vintage has only just been released and it's another terrific little wine that should be mandatory buying for your summer drinking. The fruit is all Great Southern with 72% from Mt. Barker and the Porongurups and the remainder from Frankland River. The combination works really well with the weight and substance of Frankland complementing perfectly the leaner and tight citrussy Mt Barker fruit. Although it has only just been bottled and released, it is showing very well. The 2006 vintage was generally pretty cool and produced wines of more delicacy and finesse. This has all the limey citrus characters you?d expect with a beautifully tight crisp palate supported and sustained with a piercing bracing acidity. It's a cracker. Ray Jordan; The West Australian
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