2007 Tamar Ridge Riesling Botrytis Limited Release Kayena Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 93 points

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  1/4/2012 - cannym wrote: 92 Points

  Lovely light amber, mid golden colour. Fine botrytis nose, plus honeysuckle and stone fruits. Quite rich and fairly sweet, honeyed. Lovely clean fruit, decent acidity and good but not outstanding length. Incredibly pleasurable. Maybe just lacking a little in complexity though this might have developed in time.

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  12/29/2011 - Fausto_Coppi wrote: 94 Points

  There's quite a striking, deep golden colour to Tamar Ridge's 2007 Botrytis Riesling, which translates into a nose beset with some real botrytis influence. It's funky and almost rubbery, with an aroma of ultra-ripe stonefruits touched by hints of light honey, fig, faint citrus and something resembling burnt brown sugar/caramel. Any indication of riesling's primary lemon/lime citrus fruits have certainly been modified and developed here. On the palate it pumps a rich and luscious length of flavour, as its mouth-coating, even flow of orange/citrus marmalade characters morph into sticky toffee and apricot-like tones, which cumulatively display a near perfect, essential balance of rich sweetness and refreshing acidity throughout. Despite its substantial richness and impact, the whole package just seems so smooth, effortless and seamless, making it a dessert wine I'm more than happy to go back to after the first glass.
  Made in a rich and ultimately satisfying style, the 2007 Kayena Vineyard is among the best Australian dessert rieslings I've had. It's actually surprised me. For all the hatred, Tamar Ridge certainly made some good wine while under the control of Gunns Limited.... Drink to 2013.

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