Grosset `Polish Hill` Clare Valley Riesling

This elementally youthful Riesling whose intense lime zest tanginess is marked by fine weight, fruit purity and texture with a bone dry minerality, tight structure and firm backbone that tell you it’s a wine best cellared for three years – and the rest.

Bright straw-green; the bouquet is perfumed and complex, with citrus blossom and a subliminal touch of honeysuckle, the palate flowing on logically and serenely, the balance and aftertaste perfect.

This is definitely more concentrated than the Springvale and yet is less austere than previous vintages.

Striking and distinctive wine - essence of lime here, with grey slate-like minerals, dried flowers and mango rind. The palate is beautifully formed with plenty of flesh, flavour and length.

Wonderfully bright aromas and flavours announce this as a top wine and one to age. It has a lightly yeasty nose, with straw/hay and dried-floral aromas, and turns brightly juicy on the tongue where there are lime and other citrus flavours. A very fine wine of concentration, line and length.

Top 100

Bright straw-green; the bouquet is perfumed and complex, with citrus blossom and a subliminal touch of honeysuckle, the palate flowing on logically and serenely, the balance and aftertaste perfect.

Exceptional Category

This Riesling has incredible perfume and fruit purity, the lime and floral fruit profile is balanced by a fine cut of acidity. This long-lived, aromatic and concentrated wine does much to define great Clare Valley Riesling.