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95
/ 100
Mike Bennie
White
Classification
Riesling
Variety
2022
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
Australia
Country
Victoria, Henty
Region
13.5%
Alcohol %
10-15 Years
Cellaring
Scores
95 / 100"Riesling that got botrytis and made into a sweeter style wine. Smaller production here. Gosh, delicious! There’s plenty of slick to texture, a pleasing greasiness and yet that currency of scintillating, pithy grape fruity acidity shows residual sugar who is boss. Sweet lime, candied mixed peel, ginger, black currants, faint honey toast between bouquet and palate. So too a gentle, sugared almond sweet-savouriness finishes the wine in its infinity of flavours and texture. A nice grip and juicy-tart pucker lingers on and on. Super star."
- Mike Bennie
Tasting Notes
Noble Dry was born in 2011, when they left a section of a single block for one week following a downpour and subsequent warmth toward the end of the season. The result was a high percentage of early onset Botrytis, which results in colour and flavour change to the berry, without the active, grey mould or shrivel encountered when the fruit is hung for a longer period.
Delicate spice, vanilla, jasmine and roasted apricot jump out of the glass here. Edges of stone fruit appear throughout the palate, which is laced with ginger spice, mineral undertones and a chalky definition. The texture counterbalances the hint of fruit sweetness and the integrated acidity creates a wonderfully persistence finish. Balanced and drinking beautifully now
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity