
Vickery Watervale Riesling 2022
Special Price $22.00 Regular Price $24.00
A powerful and textural Riesling from the superb 2022 vintage. This is already excellent but will cellar for a decade, probably two. A floral, lime and lemon bouquet leads to a steely, mineral palate replete with even more powerful and inviting citrus. Length and persistence are superb. Huon Hooke rates this well inside the top 10 Clare Rieslings from the vintage and just 1 point adrift from top spot.
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Wine Specs
Variety
Riesling
Region
Vintage
2022
Winery
Winemaker
Keeda Zilm
Body
Light
Sweetness
Dry
Drinking Window
Now - 2035
Bling
95pts Huon Hook, 95pts Jeni Port, 95pts Aaron Brasher, 95pts Barry Weinman
Alcohol %
12
Closure
Screwcap
Size
750 mL
Biodynamic
No
According to Jeffrey Grosset, himself a legendary Riesling producer, John Vickery is in the same league as Max Schubert, the creator and initial maker of Penfolds Grange. Vickery has made Riesling since 1951, and even before refrigerated fermentation was possible, worked to ensure careful handling of fruit which was processed at as low a temp as possible to maximize natural fruit retention. He has picked up more than 50 trophies and 400 gold medals along with many personal accolades. He was also instrumental in the mainstream introduction of screwcaps for Rieslings produced from the '98 vintage. There was a great deal of market resistance at the time, given the perception of cork being superior and Screwcap being the ‘cheap’ option. Regardless, the Clare Valley Riesling producers got behind him and less than 20 years later screwcap is the norm. In 2007 he was awarded the Medal of Order of Australia for services to the wine industry especially via the development of innovations in the production of Riesling.
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