White Wine - Riesling

Our lifelong love of Riesling led us to Eden Valley’s Enchanted Garden is a thriving 7 acres Eden Valley Vine Garden. Whole bunches were hand-picked in the first week of March then de-stemmed without crushing the fruit to fill our press exactly.

Juice from the free run was fermented in a small tank between 11 and 13 degrees Celcius. The wine has a high level of natural acidity, 7.8 grams per litre, a pH of 2.96 and although bone dry, only 11% alcohol.

This 2021 Enchanted Garden of the Eden Valley Riesling was bottled directly with minimal winemaking artifact to capture the essence of the vineyard, a looking glass if you will, and is ready to drink immediately or cellar for decades.

Tasting Notes:

Colour

Pale and clear and bright and white. A star on a clear night.

Nose

Honeysuckle and musk perfume - and it is a perfume. Heady. Beyond simple aromatics. Rose water, geranium, white lilac flower. Dragon fruit and citrus flowers. Buddha’s Hand zest; lime quartered but not pressed; ruby grapefruit; bath salts and Epsom salts for good measure. Zephyr-like qualities.

Palate

There's some handsome textural grip at the very front of the palate, but then intense citrus fruit flavours establish a concentrated core. Then explodes apples and green herbs and lime and the sort of taste sensation some ladies can get from drinking a salt-rimmed glass of icy Margarita on a hot Summer's evening. This riesling has a stainless steel quality in terms of its purity and drive. Long, true, and the epitome of the Eden Valley’s wonderful riesling vines.

Drink

Here is a pure, powerful yet elegant riesling as if designed by God to accompany charcuterie, or pate, or smoked fish.

Specifics

Composition: 100% Riesling, Latitude 34°41’53” South, Longitude 139°04’56” East, Altitude 1501 Feet = 416 Metres

Product Details

Region : Eden Valley, South Australia

Vintage : 2023

Variety : Riesling

Volume : 375ml

Alcohol Volume : 11%

PH : 2.96

Acidity : 7.8

Sugar : 0.3

Closure : ScrewCap