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Frankland Estate Isolation Ridge Vineyard Riesling 2010
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Nose: Intense aromatics of ironstone flintiness, lashings of lime with lifted floral notes.
Palate: Fine and elegant, yet fills the mouth with a concentrated mix of juicy lime and citrus notes followed by a core of spicy ironstone minerality. A generous mouth filling texture but with an underlying tightness showing length, balance and focus giving the wine personality and direction.
An extremely distinguished riesling that slowly opens up in the glass, this wine reflects the uncompromising criteria used in fruit selection. It has a purity of flavour and exceptional balance and a natural acidity that carries the wine now and for years to come.
The Isolation Ridge vineyard at Frankland Estate is farmed under organic principals, we believe this highlights the flavours that are achieved from the unique soils and climate the wine is grown in. The vineyard is planted on undulating northern and eastern facing slopes and the duplex soils of ironstone gravel over loam over a clay sub-soil. The vines are from two different clones, the Geisenheim and Rhine Riesling, planted in 1988. Both Scott Henry and Vertical Shoot trellis systems are used. The low slow ripening periods typical of the Frankland region allow maximum flavour developments while maintaining the distinctive racy acidity and dry finish for which riesling is renowned.
Grapes are pressed immediately with the juice left to settle in tank over night before being racked and fermentation introduced. Our aim is to minimise intervention in order to obtain the purest and finest expression of the pristine fruit from the Isolation Ridge vineyard. This wine was fermented in tanks and (neutral) oak at low temperatures (less than 12 deg C) over 12 weeks. Vines are all dry grown practicing organic viticultural techniques.
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WBW Rating: 94/100
Closure: Stelvin
Region: Frankland River WA |
Winemaker: Barrie Smith
Drink now until: 2018
Alc/Vol: 13 %
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