St Hallett has nailed 2013, producing one of the lowest alcohol rieslings among the Eden Valley bargains. It’s a gentel and focused style reflecting accurate lemon and fresh pear definition, well-defined acid line and finely textured, soft phenolic presence. A well balanced wine of good persistence and great value for money. $14 at Amatos.
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Portrait is again one of the cheapest of the Eden Valley Riesling set and its careful construction and attentive craftsmanship is more apparent in 2013 than ever. Captured at a refreshing point in its ripeness, at a low 11.8% alcohol, it displays even lemon and red apple fruit, an accurate line acidity and good persistence. […]
readThis is an early-drinking St Helga, a wine of even persistence, an impressive result for the season. It’s racy, taut and concentrated all at once, with firm acidity contrasting intense red apple generosity and lifted bath salts and lemon blossom fragrance. A bargain at $15 at Dan’s.
readMedium sweetness is the perfect foil to the concentrated acidity and structure of 2013, and well executed in this gentle, clean style of primary, youthful appeal. Soft lemon, pear and red apple fruit is gently supported by medium sweetness. $19 at Wine House (2012).
readPeggy’s is the precocious and approachable alter ego to Henschke’s long-lived Julius, and in 2013 it fits the brief precisely. It’s pretty, fragrant and effortlessly balanced, with mid-palate generosity making for immediate appeal, and a long, honed finish keeping things appropriately taut and lively. Soft phenolics provide balanced grip under a profile of lime zest […]
readPete Munro has handled his 2013s carefully, creating a dry riesling that balances ripeness, taut structure and phenolic texture. It’s intense and concentrated, with taut kaffir lime zest, crabapple and granny smith apple fruit, countered by riper orange fruit notes, pulled into line by tightly honed acid structure. Value. $20 at Skye Cellars.
readColin Forbes doesn’t know quite when riesling was planted in this vineyard just outside Springton in the Eden Valley, but he suspects it was during the 1920s. I’ve always admired this style, and this year it’s set off in racy new livery. It’s skilfully crafted, framing the intensity of 2013 with balance and appeal. A […]
readHill & Valley hit the stage to great fanfare in 2012, and while no 2013 Eden Valley will hit quite the same heights, this is a rousing second act. This is a more generous, more spicy and earlier drinking version, with pretty notes of lemon and lime, accented with red apple and white nectarine. It’s […]
readThe Penfolds revolution in red winemaking reached chardonnay in the last decade. It seems this decade the refinement has come to riesling, and no vintage exemplies this more emphatically than 2013. Not that this season will go down among the greatest Bin 51s but that it’s set apart because, for the first time, it pushes […]
readHeggies trumps Pewsey in 2013, a well crafted riesling that tones down the intensity and structure of the season. It’s one of the most lifted and fragrant rieslings of the vintage, alive with lime blossom and pink lady apple perfume. The palate is crunchy and zesty in lemon and lime accents, and at the same […]
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