2022 Stargazer Palisander Riesling 750Ml Bottle
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This wine is so great, this type of vinification and level of attention to detail is bound to become a “new norm” for ultra high-quality Australian Rieslings. To explain this statement; these handpicked grapes were crushed and left to macerate for 8 hours, this extracts more phenolics and flavours from the skins, imparting them to the juice, giving a wine with more textural and flavour complexity. Many (lesser) Rieslings are based on a simplistic backbone of acid only with little other textural complexity; this wine (and many from Europe) also have a phenolic texture - more “grip” and a slight gentle “chewiness” and more “body”. In this wine, the skin-contact and the fermentation in ceramic and cement eggs has helped to add more dimension to the wine.
Samantha is also using these methods in her “day job” at Pressing Matters to impressive effect. The vineyard plays a key, planted in 2002 in Tea Tree, Coal River Valley, Tasmania. This is a cool site giving a wine of Chablis-like pH (3.04). This form of grape treatment and fermentation won’t work as well in warm climates, and many earlier “skin-contact” wines in Australia ended up with over-extracted tea-like tannins; and lesser grapes or warm climate grapes with skin-contact also ended up with mawkish oily texture.
Bravo to Samantha! The aromas have lemongrass, grapefruit , nougat, slivered almonds, slight rose-water and mock-orange blossom. The palate has a hint of saline / marine freshness with lemon pith and passionfruit, but this is not an overly fruity wine. The acidity is there, but well covered and the finish is clean and long. - Randall
Samantha is also using these methods in her “day job” at Pressing Matters to impressive effect. The vineyard plays a key, planted in 2002 in Tea Tree, Coal River Valley, Tasmania. This is a cool site giving a wine of Chablis-like pH (3.04). This form of grape treatment and fermentation won’t work as well in warm climates, and many earlier “skin-contact” wines in Australia ended up with over-extracted tea-like tannins; and lesser grapes or warm climate grapes with skin-contact also ended up with mawkish oily texture.
Bravo to Samantha! The aromas have lemongrass, grapefruit , nougat, slivered almonds, slight rose-water and mock-orange blossom. The palate has a hint of saline / marine freshness with lemon pith and passionfruit, but this is not an overly fruity wine. The acidity is there, but well covered and the finish is clean and long. - Randall