Crawford River Reserve Riesling 2006

Halliday 2020 - Best Riesling

Note: The "Reserve" is NOT just a cellar release of the Estate Riesling, it is a completely different wine.

The Reserve Riesling was first produced in 1999, and is crafted from hand selected fruit from a small section of the vineyard planted in 1975. It is not made every year and most of the production is cellared immediately after bottling, for release as an aged wine.

"The grapes come from a small number of specific rows on a gravelly ridge in the vineyard. It has a high percentage of whole bunch fruit, and was fermented to dryness. The perfume of the bouquet is bewitching, more in common with the '18 than the '12 Museum Release, causing me to return again and again to explore the highways and byways to its flower and talc before moving to the fast flowing, imperious palate. Its throne is the welded acidity and citrus fruit, and I had to bow to its demand and swallow all I put in my mouth." 98 Points. - James Halliday

Country: Australia
Producer: Crawford River Wines
Region: Henty