2014 Zonte's Footstep Riesling Peacock's Tail Clare Valley

Community Tasting Notes (1) Avg Score: 87 points

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  11/19/2016 - Eric gene Noack Likes this wine: 87 Points

  To be honest this Riesling is not my cup of tea.
  I much prefer the crisp apple flavour of a New Zealand riesing and I always bemoan that most (*not all but a lot of Australian Rieslings taste like any other wine with the lemon/lime zest.)
  they say its varietal, but I have a different opinion, I reckon they actually loose the character of the riesling grape grown on the foot hills of the Alsace region of Austria so I can honestly say New Zealand make the best and Orange in NSW Australia can also grow this grape variety.
  Ok having vented my spleen lets deal with this one.
  It comes from the Clare valley in South Australia made by Ben Riggs and yeh, wine critics go crazy over Riesling from this area.
  it's average, well balanced lemon /lime a crisp finish with a little fruit evident.
  Probably will soften and develop over the next two years
  Not the best but far from the worst .

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