2020 Riesling Art Series
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Tasting notes
Tastes a bit of sherbet and is still very tight. Astringent. It doesn’t really seem to have evolved! (JR)
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Tamlyn Currin, jancisrobinson.com
Jancis Robinson MW
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Tasted from a 10-cl sample bottle. Machine-picked at night, pressed immediately, juice was bottom racked off gross lees then warmed and inoculated with yeast cultures. Fermented in stainless steel at 12–13 °C for two weeks. Stirred, fined (bentonite, PVPP, milk), stabilised and bottled 18–20 August 2020. TA 7.85 g/l, pH 2.97. Released February 2021. Jasmine fragrance, but that acidity takes no prisoners. Nothing delicate about it. This is skinny citrus – it's bones are carved from limes. All angles. Don't come looking for comfort here. You will be told to straighten your back and stiffen that upper lip. (TC)
About the producer
Leeuwin Estate is one of Australia’s leading wine producers. Based close to Cape Leeuwin, in the southern reaches of Margaret River, Western Australia, this remote estate is best known for its Art Series wines.