Wine Reviews
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JAMES SUCKLING TOP 100 AUSTRALIAN WINES - Old Vine Limestone Riesling
Read moreOur 2024 Old Vine Limestone Riesling was ranked number 50 scoring 95 points. "Stony aromas of lemon peel, orange blossoms, sliced pears, candied lime zest, lavender and intense chalk. The palate is tightly wound with a real mineral intensity and tactile mouthfeel. Seven months in clay amphora with full malolactic...
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2025 HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION TOP 100 - Old Vine Slate Riesling.
Read moreOur 2024 Old Vine Slate Riesling scored 96 points and ranked in the White Wines over $40. "The fruit for this wine is sourced from 101-year-old vines from the Parish vineyard, and it doesn't feel like we are in the Clare anymore. It smells and drinks of elsewhere, more the...
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2024 Pigato Vermentino – 93 points– James Suckling
Read moreJuicy and vibrant, this has a slightly cloudy appearance from 20 days on skins. Mineral aromas of citrus, tea leaves, chalk and fresh ginger. The light-bodied palate has a slight phenolic edge and an energetic drive with a textural, pithy finish. Delicious. Drink now. 93 Points James Suckling. Published 4...
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2024 Pigato Vermentino – 93 Points – Erin Larkin (The Wine Advocate)
Read moreThe 2024 Pigato is 100% Vermentino and pours with a gentle haze in the glass. There are notes of lemon barley, white pepper, green apple skin, rose petals and musk oil and also cloves. In the mouth, the wine is driven by intense acidity; but totally on the rails and...
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2024 Old Vine Slate Riesling - 96 points - Halliday Wine Companion (Katrina Butler)
Read moreThe fruit for this wine is sourced from 101-year-old vines from the Parish vineyard, and it doesn't feel like we are in the Clare anymore. It smells and drinks of elsewhere, more the ilk of Rheingau. Indeed, the red clay on slate soils imparts a level of richness beyond a...
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2024 Old Vine Limestone Riesling - 96 points - Halliday Wine Companion (Katrina Butler)
Read moreFrom the original riesling plantings of the Koerner family Gullyview vineyard, which has been steadily added to since '73. Damon Koerner has always loved this spot atop a hill ("it's got a good aura about it," he says), with its bony soils, clay and limestone. The mineral tension of the...
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2023 Vivian Sangiovese – 95 points - Halliday Wine Companion (Katrina Butler)
Read moreThis drinks with a fractured graphite, slatey character atop the fruit. Acidity washes through, free-flowing, uninhibited and giving the impression that it might never recede. Tomato leaf, red cherry, dried herbs, an imprint of game and tongue-twisting, sinewy tannins that yell for a bowl of ragù with bread as a...
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2024 Old Vine Slate Riesling – 96 points– James Suckling
Read moreIntensely slate-driven, showing mineral-edged notes of nectarines, wet river stones and high-toned citrus. The palate is so energetic and powerful with a striking acidity and nicely integrated phenolics. High-tension and linear, this has a drive and concentration that will evolve nicely in bottle. Aged on fine lees in stainless steel...
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2024 Old Vine Limestone Riesling – 95 points – James Suckling
Read moreStony aromas of lemon peel, orange blossoms, sliced pears, candied lime zest, lavender and intense chalk. The palate is tightly wound with a real mineral intensity and tactile mouthfeel. Seven months in clay amphora with full malolactic conversion. From vines planted in 1973. The new release of the former “Gullyview”...