2019 Seppelt Riesling Drumborg Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 93.3 points

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  3/4/2023 - Jimmy_D Likes this wine: 92 Points

  A heap of depth about this. Time on lees shows. Has both a creaminess about it as well as a talc mouthfeel. Really like this and has a fair bit of upside too. No rush the rest. Start on the ‘19 great western label.

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  8/22/2021 - bowesmana Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Beautifully balanced

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  8/6/2021 - AusWineJuan Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Ah, my second bottle from the batch. First was great and this was even better. Beautifully balanced acidity, a slight spritz feature in the mouth, and a harmonious mix of rose petal, citrus and creamy stone fruit that brings out salinity wonderfully. Complex, yet a guzzler. What a difference a few months can make, especially if it’s only up from here!

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  6/13/2021 - Screwcaps Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Six months on, this is looking much better. Acidity has settled, feels much more in balance. Excellent pairing with Vietnamese slow cooked pork belly.

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  11/26/2020 - Screwcaps wrote: 93 Points

  Grapey. Very grapey this Riesling. Even for a Riesling. Flinty nose with talc and red apple. There’s a floral nose in there but I can’t pick it today.
  
  On entry the slippery residual sugar (it’s off dry) and acidity crackle and buzz. Mandarin and other citrus, with a touch of spicy ginger, rest on crunchy green apple malic acid.
  
  The finish, which tells me it’s hit the Riesling ‘dumb adolescence’ phase (it’s just a phase) feels like pastry and cream. Mix in the lime and you get a lime curd tart sort of thing going on.
  
  It’s very long, just a bit sullen as it falls in to that dull 2 to 5 years Riesling lull. It feels like it’s shutting the door.
  
  93 with a big upside. Either it’s having an off day, or I am. Look again in 5 years.
  
  Ps- drank at cellar temperature 14 degrees. Will try colder tonight.
  
  PPS- winemaker notes this spent time on its lees. Explains the pastry notes, an unusual treatment in Aussie Riesling. It’s a good shift.
  
  Ppps- very high acid in this wine. Really felt sensitive teeth after this one. Drink with food to buffer.

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