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Some Riesling's from Quintessentially Wine
2009 Skillogalee Trevarrick Single Contour Riesling, Clare Valley, South Australia
£20.75 per bottle, £249.00 per case
This is possibly the rarest wine on the list, although many of our wines are made in teeny quantities - only 300 cases were made of Trevarrick, from one single row of vines! It is one of the most nerve-jangling and white-knuckle inducing dry Rieslings on the planet – we have only shown it at a handful of tastings to date and there is another shipment coming in the autumn, but you will have to be quick to secure yourself some stock. Spectacularly long on the palate, too, this is a lesson in lime juice energy and monastic calm.
2006 Henschke Julius Riesling, Clare Valley, South Australia
£17.95 per bottle, £215.40 per case
Named after the uncle of the current winemaker Stephen Henschke this Riesling is utterly mesmerizing. Although this wine is dry with it has an acidic zest that gets your mouth watering and sends you back for more. Green fruit and limes cover the palate and stay with you in a massive finish with just a hint of spice. Compared to some of the other wines in the Henschke range this really is outstanding value for money.
2009 Jim Barry, The Florita Riesling, Clare Valley, South Australia
£21.95 per bottle, £263.40 per case
Florita whispers sotto voce at you, beckoning you to come within its force field. This is an ultra-subtle Clare Riesling with none of the bombastic displays of lime-blosom and buttered toast with which we are all more familiar. This time the message is urgent and covert and you have to tune yourself in perfectly to receive it. What you discover in the eye of this a serenity and control which dumfounds the senses. The power is staggering, but it is concealed beneath an intricate layer of swirling, pastoral flavours.
