2016 Tesco Finest Riesling Howard Park Tingleup Vineyard Great Southern

Community Tasting Notes (1) Avg Score: 91 points

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  7/16/2017 - Callum's Corkers Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Screw Cap. Tasted well chilled. Bought Tesco's UK £8.00
  
  Front label promises 'Crisp and Dry' white wine. It's way more than that: thrilling acidity, long flavours, very good cellar potential, I'd say, it feels like it'll devel' into a very good 'All-nighter', at the moment it's screaming for Food. (Thai chicken curry with fruit and chickpeas, for me.)
  
  C....light straw
  
  N.....very little of anything, which was a bit disappointing.
  
  T.....Wow, now we're cooking: it's much drier than previous vintages I'd had of this Howard Park-produced WA Riesling, very fresh acid, lots of power here to suggest cellar time will be profitable, no mineral or real complexity but just a very good lively Riesling with wonderful fruit, finishes short of Dry. Tart lemons. Opened too young. Maybe lacks the richness/roundness of previous yrs, but that's my only gripe. Still very good Riesling.
  
  VFM....pretty good. Defo buy again, after the disappointing South Island/Waipara (NZ) Riesling 2014 under this 'Finest' range, the label redeems itself.

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