2025 Stargazer Palisander Riesling 750mL

A powerful, dry riesling fermented in ceramic and concrete egg for a unique, leesy and textural riesling with all the markers of Coal River expression. The fruit comes exclusively from Stargazer's Palisander vineyard in the tea tree subregion of Coal River Valley, planted in 2002 on brown dermosol on Jurassic dolerite. Hand-picked, destemmed and left on on contact with skns for more than 12 hours prior to gentle pressing; wild fermented in concrete and ceramic eggs (25%) before finishing with a 10-month snooze on lees. Owner and vigneron samantha Connew is very pleased with this eight iteration of the wine, describing its nose as a 'combination of wild fennel seed and bay leaf spice overlaid with some white blossom waxiness.' Expect a supercharged palate balanced with a 'custard apple generosity,' with no hard eges but rather a sherbetty, fruit-inflected finish.