2017 Clonakilla Riesling

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 92.7 points

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  10/9/2022 - Mmoellern Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Minerals, petroleum; Most complex Riesling I have had to date. My tasting winner, #1/6, 7 Oct 2022

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  1/22/2022 - Dr S Likes this wine: 93 Points

  I agree with the previous note. A beauty in the making. This vintage is an overlooked gem.
  
  Pale gold. Scented nose, sour lemon, apple, pear skin, slatey even. Powdery bath salts.
  
  The textured, almost sculptured palate gives a lot of love. Enters precisely, runs down a medium deep groove, good intensity, through to a long, mineral, lip smacking finish. Touch of residual lends depth and tames those tarty, tingling Canberra acids. Still fresh and delicious.
  
  Me thinks it will age gracefully, for a long while. None of the usual semi-mature Riesling notes expected at five years are showing. How long? Twenty or more, if well cared for of course.

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  9/13/2018 - G_Talbot Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Very good, could be headed to outstanding with age.
  
  Drunk earlier than intended after a drop of the bottle caused possible damage to the screwcap.
  
  Clear, pale, lemon.
  Clean, medium, youthful nose of lemon, apple, grapefruit and white flowers.
  Dry, medium (+) almost tingling / spritzy acidity, medium alcohol (12.5%), medium body and medium (+) flavour intensity with notes of lemon, grapefruit, apple and sherbet. Long finish.
  
  Very good, with fruit intensity and the amount of acid indicating a very long life ahead, this could well head into outstanding territory should the honeyed notes I anticipate develop.
  Can drink now, for the light fruit forward appeal, but I suspect this will develop into something much more complex in 10 - 15 years time.
  
  Screwcap (not damaged as it turned out).

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