Kilikanoon Killerman’s Run Riesling 2022

Outstanding value here. Floral and high aromatics to the fore with apple blossom, red apple, citrus. Fresh and zesty to taste with a solid core of lime flavours from lime cordial through to lime zest  – so very Clare – playing throughout. It finishes with a touch of textural grapefruit pithiness – lip-smacking stuff! The 2022 vintage was a great year in the Clare Valley and Riesling is one of its big beneficiaries. Killerman’s Run arrives into the world fresh, aromatic, energetic and seriously good for what it a second label $22 Riesling with a rare ability (for the price) to benefit from extended time in bottle. And that also raises the A-word – acidity. Yes, you can’t help but notice it. It’s integral to this wine’s energy not to mention ageing ability, but it is filigree-fine and buzzes with liveliness. Set this wine up with some seafood and watch the A-word disappear.

Jeni Port

Wine critic at Winepilot

Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.

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