2023 Clarnette Grampians Riesling
2023 Clarnette Grampians Riesling
$33.00
Awarded 95pts by Halliday’s Wine Companion and now Top 100 Wine for the year
The ageing potential for this Riesling is better than most. After 40 years of working with and understanding Riesling I know that it has tannins that must be modified before bottling – this enables micro-oxygenation via older oak casks and opens the wine up for longevity to slow the ageing process.
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Western Victoria has a dry climate with a huge cool dominance from the Southern Ocean which keeps diseases at bay. My approach is to pick on acid and pH, once 11.5 baumé is reached, flavours are there always. This underscores the resonance time on older oak to soften and modify the aggressive tannins and suddenly the wine opens up and shows a fresher, longer living wine.