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Halliday Wine Companion
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By James Halliday
(pooley wines coal river riesling) Subscribe to see review text.
1/24/2012, (See more on Halliday Wine Companion...)
4/16/2016 - graemeg wrote:
{screwcap, 12.5%} Still very light in colour. Soft, restrained nose of custard and gentle apple. The palate is juicy and rich, somewhat developed, with a browny character to the appleish fruit. Somewhat dense texture, encouraged by low-ish acid, but it doesn't sag. The steeliness then becomes more apparent. It's medium-bodied, but I'm not sure where this is going, due to fairly reticent flavours. This is more about texture. Suspect was better in its youth, but keeping a bottle probably won't hurt
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5/17/2013 - graemeg wrote:
{screwcap, 12.5%} Apples, mostly, gentle lychee too. Soft and restrained. not developed much on the nose. The palate is a little odd; it has typical Tasmanian softness of texture; to me this seems to be missing a properly acidic backbone. It's not especially sweet (I think more recent vintages possibly have a little more RS), but it just lacks some zip. Possibly it's just coming into some kind of dumb phase, maybe. Light-medium bodied, with a short-medium finish. Apple and musk flavours are pleasant but not hugely impressive. Think the rest of these should lie (in hope) a few years longer.
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1/10/2012 - graemeg wrote:
Tasmania Wineries Jan-12 (1) - Coal Valley (Coal Valley, Tasmania): {screwcap, $A27} Generous lychee-smelling nose of medium intensity; the palate follows with musky & apple flavours. Good strong acid, a few grams of residual sugar contribute to the texture rather than flavour. Light-medium body, medium-length finish; drink any time over the next ten years.
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9/3/2011 - graemeg wrote:
{screwcap, 12.5%, A$24} Pale straw yellow. Youthful appearance and nose. Fragrant but delicate floral aromas incorporating a little talc and a limestone-like note. The palate has a watery kind of texture, very pure, with faint slate/wet stone flavours, a touch of lime, and not much else. It's only a little above light-bodied, and is pretty well dry; if there are a couple of grams of RS here it's not especially obvious. The acid plays a discreet part; it's far from screeching - all of which add up to a ripe, cooler-climate riesling with probably only short-medium aging potential; I don't detect any great depth here to suggest that ten years in the cellar are going to reveal a great deal. Drink in 3-5 years, I reckon (which does make the price look a little steep).
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