Amietta Riesling
Riesling is the wine that most clearly expresses the 'terroir' of the vineyard and quality of the fruit. As people are discovering, our Amietta Vineyard grows exceptional fruit. No two growing seasons are the same, nor are the wines they produce, but the distinctive Amietta style is always apparent. The Amietta Riesling is a crisp, lively and long-flavoured wine which has aromas of minerally lemon and lime, with hints of jasmine and spice (from 5-10% Botrytis). In the mouth, the flavours are true to the nose, intense, mouth filling and persistent. An excellent wine to drink when young, it will also reward cellaring over 5 to 10 years. Riesling is a great wine to drink by itself, with seafood, or as an excellent match for Japanese, Thai or Vietnamese food.
2008 Riesling
The wine bursts onto the palate with minerally, zingy lemon and lime, opens into sweet jasmine/honeysuckle with hints of cinnamon and then powers on to a very long grapefruit-skin finish. The wine has excellent balance and terrific length on the palate. It is a very distinctive wine that combines European structure with Australian fruit expression, resulting from the adoption of a range of German Riesling techniques in the vineyard and the winery.
The pure and intense flavours of Amietta Riesling truly show the unique ‘terroir’ of our limestone and clay vineyard soils. The grapes are hand picked, whole-bunch pressed, and the wine made with minimal intervention. Only 11.3% alcohol.
Cost: $27 per bottle. Buy Wine
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