2021 Grosset G110 Riesling, Clare Valley

A single-clone bottling from the Rockwood vineyard. The last 2 vintages of G110 have been exceptional, scintillating wines.

Those seasons have been warm ones, not traditionally suited to riesling. Enter now 2021, the year ‘made for it’: a long, cool, even growing season, responsible for extremely high-quality wines across the board, likened perhaps to the great 2002 vintage. And so

... to this wine. Streamlined, long, lingering rivulets of spicy, almost austere riesling. It has integrity, shape and line, punctuated by detailed nuance and poise. It is spicy – even tense in its disposition – layered with nutmeg, spring flowers, brine, green apple skins, crushed limestone, mineral slate, snow pea tendril and even lemongrass. It is a kaleidoscope of flavour and texture, the puzzle pieces so small that it’s hard to put them all together – describing it is a challenge (which is a good sign for the wine). It is enigmatic, statuesque and epic in every way. But it’s also quiet, so do not underestimate it – make sure you tune in to its frequency. EL 12.8% alc.