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98
/ 100
Jeremy Oliver -
96
/ 100
James Halliday -
95
/ 20
Campbell Mattinson
White
Classification
Riesling
Variety
2008
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
Australia
Country
South Australia, Clare Valley
Region
12.5%
Alcohol %
15 Plus Years
Cellaring
Scores
98 / 100"Superlative, exemplary riesling of exceptional depth, length and sculpted focus. Its delicate but alluring perfume of rose petals, pear, apple and lime juice is backed by schisty notes of minerals and chalk. Long, fine and very controlled, it’s tight-fisted and subdued, reluctantly opening layers of pristine, concentrated flavour that tie together neatly and culminate in a long, austere finish of lingering minerality and lime juice."
- Jeremy Oliver
96 / 100
"A spotlessly clean and pure bouquet foreshadows an immaculately crafted palate, with a mix of lime, green apple and mineral flavours; iron fist in a velvet glove."
- James Halliday
95 / 20
"One thing I was interested to see was whether the Watervale/Springvale riesling and Polish Hill were clearly identifiable from one another when tasted blind. They were. In some ways it’s a mean, lean riesling of the polarising type but there’s such spicy, slatey mouthfeel through the mid-palate that you can’t really categorise it as that. This has length and texture and style. There are subtle hints of gunsmoke and of course rounds of lime; I like this a lot."
- Campbell Mattinson
Tasting Notes
Jeffrey Grosset is regarded as one of Australia's best Riesling Winemakers. The Polish Hill Riesling is his most famous wine.
"That glint in his eyes will tell you that Jeff Grosset believes the 2008 harvest has brought with it a great Polish Hill Riesling, certainly the best under his label since 2002. The style is unwaveringly Polish Hill, tight, coiled, unyielding, even repressed at present, but promising much for the patient winelover. The aromatics are restrained with mere hints of limey minerality while the palate is vibrant, long and deep with intense slatey, quartzy minerality and mouth-watering limey, lemony notes. It has additional dimensions of power and intensity while showing its characteristic lean austere frame before taut, racy acidity highlights an ultra-dry finish of extraordinary length. This is a beautifully balanced riesling of great finesse that needs time to show it at its best." - Grosset
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity