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Dandelion Wonderland of Eden Valley Riesling 2011
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"94 POINTS. Transparency – that’s what it has. Delicate, clean and pure with floral perfume (like lavender), mixed citrus and lime zest. It’s tight and focussed with a deliciously long crunchy slatey finish. Altogether good. A terrific expression of vintage and site." - Gary Walsh.
Pristine pale straw with almost fluorescent green tinges. Lights on in this Wonderland, an intense late vintage of powerful jasmine, mandarin leaf and even lychee juice bursting fruit freshness, with invigorating, intense smells of lime skin, citrus blossom, green apple, ripe guavas and cinnamon spice. An extraordinary precise and clean fruit spectrum of crunch lime and other citrus fruit flavours, stone-fruit, including apricot as well as classic mandarin citrus on the mid palate, developing into rich lemon meringue tart-like flavour but still with a refreshing steely minerality, balanced with racy, slate-like acidity.
Drink: Either immediately as an aperitif, or with almost any dish from spring salads to seriously spicy curries. With bottle age, the Wonderland of Eden Valley will open with more toast /custard aromas and flavours, softer fruits so then will be well paired with classic dishes such as soufflés and any cooked seafood.
Whole bunches were hand picked on the 30th of April then destemmed in small batches without crushing the fruit to fill our press exactly. The free run juice was then fermented in small tanks between 11 and 14 degrees Celcius, the wine has a high level of natural acidity, 8 grams per litre, a pH of 3.12 and although bone dry, only 11.5% alcohol.
This Wonderland of the Eden Valley Riesling was bottled directly without fining or filtration to capture the essence of the vineyard, a looking glass if you will, and is ready to drink immediately or cellar for decades.
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WBW Rating: 94/100
Closure: Stelvin
Region: Eden Valley SA |
Winemaker: Elena Brooks
Drink now until: 2025
Alc/Vol: 11.5 %
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