Miss Zilm Watervale Riesling 2023
- 92
- $28
- Drink by: 2024-2035
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There is a stamp of Riesling authority here. Even tasted blind, it’s obvious. The revelation that Keeda Zilm, one of Australia’s most exciting Riesling winemakers, is the hand behind this ’23 Watervale Riesling simply confirms it. Not too many $28 Rieslings show such an intensity of lime cordial, citrus blossom, orange peel and musk on the aroma. It jumps out of the glass. A lime and citrus concentration commands the palate, running deep and strong, with attractive Watervale florals as a partner. A touch of spiciness lifts in lemongrass and ginger. The ’23 vintage in Clare was another stunner – the third top Riesling vintage in a row – and the balance of acidity is spot on. And what length!
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.
