Kilikanoon Mort’s Block Watervale Riesling 2023
- 93
- $25
- Drink by: 2024-2033
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The regional stamp of cut-lime fruit – intense cordial-like and zesty – runs strong in this Riesling. It’s there in the swirl of citrus on the aroma together with citrus blossom and talc. It holds court on the palate, a pivotal focus of the wine, together with a racy acidity that helps drives the wine. Lime juice, lime cordial, fennel and lemon sorbet mingle with apple flavours, full of energy and brio. It moves fast and furious, ideal sans food or bent to the demands of fresh shellfish. The Reserve Mort’s Block may be the producer’s Riesling flagship, but its well-priced junior sibling offers a cracker everyday Riesling experience.
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.
