GaragisteLe Stagiaire Riesling 2018
About this product
The Riesling is cropped from Red Hill vines planted in sand over brown loam. The fruit from these 30-year-old vines is hand-picked and whole-bunch pressed to old barriques.
Texture, personality, freshness, complexity. Has it all. Lemon-lime, rub of salt, nuts and oats, lick of blackcurrant, citrusy exit. More about savouriness than fruitiness though. Long, lavish feel, ribbed with talc-like puckering character and all that saline-nutty goodness, all so well integrated into fruitiness.
Texture, personality, freshness, complexity. Has it all. Lemon-lime, rub of salt, nuts and oats, lick of blackcurrant, citrusy exit. More about savouriness than fruitiness though. Long, lavish feel, ribbed with talc-like puckering character and all that saline-nutty goodness, all so well integrated into fruitiness.
The Riesling is cropped from Red Hill vines planted in sand over brown loam. The fruit from these 30-year-old vines is hand-picked and whole-bunch pressed to old barriques.
Texture, personality, freshness, complexity. Has it all. Lemon-lime, rub of salt, nuts and oats, lick of blackcurrant, citrusy exit. More about savouriness than fruitiness though. Long, lavish feel, ribbed with talc-like puckering character and all that saline-nutty goodness, all so well integrated into fruitiness.
Texture, personality, freshness, complexity. Has it all. Lemon-lime, rub of salt, nuts and oats, lick of blackcurrant, citrusy exit. More about savouriness than fruitiness though. Long, lavish feel, ribbed with talc-like puckering character and all that saline-nutty goodness, all so well integrated into fruitiness.
Medium bodied white wines have a lightly textured mouthfeel with moderate flavour impact. Often pale lemon coloured to pale gold.
Semi-dry wines are perceptibly sweet but leaning towards dry.
- TypeRiesling
- Size750mL
- RegionMornington Peninsula
- Current Vintage2018
- Standard Drinks7.4
- Alcohol Volume12.5%
- CountryAustralia
- StateVictoria
- Brand NameGaragiste
- Wine MakerBarney Flanders
- Food MatchFried Foods
- ClosureScrew Cap
- Wine SweetnessSemi Dry
- Wine BodyMedium Bodied
- More about Mike Bennie
Mike Bennie
Australian writer, judge, presenter and reviewer for The Wine Front
Vintage 2018
96 points The Wine Front
One of my Australian rieslings of the year.' 96+ points, Mike Bennie, The Wine Front
James Halliday
Australian wine writer, critic and winemaker
Vintage 2018
93 points James Halliday Wine Companion
Bright, polished straw with a hint of reduction, dried apple and some white pepper. Tarte tatin before it's been caramelised perhaps. It may not be that aromatic, but the texture makes up for it. Glassy, smooth and mouth coating - dried and cooked apples, some gingery spice and al dente phenolics.
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