Claymore Superstition Reserve Clare Valley Riesling 2018 $29.99 Sourced from old vines growing in Watervale, one of South Australia’s premier riesling sites, this wine erupts with green apple and chalky, limestone and lemongrassy aromatics and shows lipsmackingly lime-laden dryness on the palate. Clean, crunchy-fresh and injecting a mouthwatering succulence into your smacker. http://www.winecentral.co.nz
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Bald Hills Last Light Single Vineyard Central Otago Riesling 2018
$28 If winemaker Pete Bartle ever makes a riesling that isn’t exceptionally balanced and beautiful then I want to know about it. Sourced from a single hectare of vines grown in the Bald Hills Bannockburn site that are planted in such a way as to soak up the very last rays of the late afternoon … Read More
Whitehaven Marlborough Riesling 2018
Whitehaven Marlborough Riesling 2018 $21.99 While it says on the back label that it’s made in a ‘dry’ style, it actually has a squeak of sweetness which accentuates the soft apple and lime notes in this refreshing wine. It’s quaffably tasty, not overly complex, but will work nicely with classic butter chicken or sweet and … Read More
Rock Ferry Trig Hill Central Otago Riesling 2016
Rock Ferry Trig Hill Central Otago Riesling 2016 $33 This organic riesling absolutely roars with baked apple, crisp lime and loads of quartzy minerality. The acidity is pinging on the palate, there’s a tonne of tangelo and mandarin magic and loads of green apple characters crash through onto the finish as well. It’s a long-term … Read More
Paulownia Estate Wairarapa Riesling 2014
Paulownia Estate Wairarapa Riesling 2014 $18 Golden in the glass and showing some classic dry riesling aromatics of apple and lime, toast and honey, however, it’s begun to lose its mid-palate freshness. Broadening out in the mouth, unfortunately. It’s an ok thing to drink, but sadly not as vibrant as I’m sure it once was. … Read More
Paulownia Estate Wairarapa Riesling 2015
Paulownia Estate Wairarapa Riesling 2015 $20 Fans of riesling that rolls on the dry side of the disco floor need to hurtle on over to the glass cabinet and pour themselves a splash of this asap. With classic lime and creamed honey notes on the nose, on the palate it becomes lovely and lean and … Read More
Paulownia Estate Wairarapa Riesling 2016
Paulownia Estate Wairarapa Riesling 2016 $20 It’s a smash-up of citrus and beeswax and ripe limes drizzled with honey and mandarin juice and how good does that sound! Probably as good as it tastes. Four years on and it’s really beginning to come into its own with a full, creamy character in the mid-palate and … Read More
Black Peak Central Otago Riesling 2017
Black Peak Central Otago Riesling 2017 $26 As the great poet and fashion icon Axle Rose once said, “Welcome to the Jungle”. Each sniff and sip of this Central Otago sensation contains a riot of citrus and tropical terrificness. Crafted by the criminally talented and not unhandsome James McElrea, this riesling heaves with honeysuckle and … Read More
Scout Glasnevin Waipara Riesling 2019
Scout Glasnevin Waipara Riesling 2019 $30 Don’t let the ultra-soft, delicate, lemony aromatics fool you because as soon as this hits your palate it’s like biting into a spanky-fresh Braeburn apple with that twang of bitterness from the skin snaking across the juiciness in the mid-palate and a hit of honeysuckle reignites the varietal character. … Read More
Foothill Groves Waitaki Riesling 2019
Foothill Groves Waitaki Riesling 2019 $28 Helen and Ian Dent might be the newest winemakers in the Waitaki Valley, but they’re crafting their riesling from the oldest vines in the region. Ian’s a machine operator at the local power station and Helen is an expert I.T number cruncher, and with rockstar riesling maker Grant Taylor … Read More