Churchview Limited Release Wild Fermented Riesling 2023
- 92
- $32
- Drink by: 2025-2033
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An appealing Riesling here, albeit one which has enjoyed some less traditional winemaking methods than is usual for Aussie Riesling. After pressing into a mix of new, one-year-old and two-year-old French puncheons and barriques, the wine underwent a wild fermentation. There was even a small portion of whole bunches added for extra complexity and the finished wine spent ten months in oak on lees. The colour is a deep pineapple straw. There is good intensity throughout this wine with notes of citrus, especially grapefruit and limes, riverstones, florals and some tropical hints. There is an appealing fruit sweetness aspect to this wine, which is clean and fresh. The finish lingers impressively and the fine line of crisp acidity runs the full journey. Enjoy over the next six to eight years.
Ken was born and bred in Brisbane, Queensland. He had a non-trendy, perfectly happy childhood, in a family convinced alcohol meant instant condemnation to Hades. But a break fishing on the Great Barrier Reef, and some good wine, started a serious obsession that eventually took over. It did not stop Ken being chastised later for drinking Pol champagne, disgusted he’d drink anything made by a Cambodian dictator. Now, Ken mostly writes on wine, champagne and spirits for various newspapers, magazines and books, but is perhaps best known for his work in The Courier Mail. He also has a little sideline writing on cigars, fishing, travel and food. When not writing, fly-fishing for trout in NZ or bonefish on the flats of Cuba, travelling or smoking cigars, he is no doubt following a variety of sporting teams – the occasionally glorious Queensland Reds rugby, the dysfunctional Washington Redskins, the dodgy Arsenal and especially revels in the world restored to its proper axis with the return of the Ashes to their rightful home.
