The Next Hundred Years Riesling 2021

Tasting Notes

From the Powderbark Ridge vineyard in Frankland River, which lies at 200m and has soils of ironstone gravel. Fruit was picked in the cool of night in early March 2021, gently crushed, pressed and allowed to settle. Only the first press, pristine free run juice was then racked to seasoned French oak barriques. Wild fermentation was encouraged. The wine was unsulphured and left on yeast lees until November 2021, then sulphured and blended with 15% un-oaked Riesling, stabilised, filtered and bottled at the winery. Pale straw yellow in colour, aromatics of citrus blossom and grapefruit are followed with essence of tangerine and guava, flavours are initially fruit-driven and concentrated and but evolving to mineral with a very long finish.