Miss Zilm Watervale Riesling 2023

Abundantly floral with elderflower, Acacia and white lilies. The wine combines green apple skin with very distinct lemon thyme. Like stripping the stem with your hands, this wine fills your senses with delicate herbs of the garden and springtime freshness. Wet stone and running river stream. Acute acidity without the sour zing, a touch of pithy powdery tannins. It finishes dry but I spy a sliver of fruit nectar remaining, just the slightest, and it’s beautifully balanced. An intriguing wine that is drinking well now and will cellar for 5-8 years and keep improving. Drink with baked salmon, roast potatoes and lemon thyme butter.

Shanteh Wale

Contributor at Wine Companion

Shanteh cut her teeth at Sydney’s Award-Winning Quay restaurant where she worked for over a decade and was Head Sommelier from 2018 till 2022. She has been nominated for the Good Food Guide Sommelier of the Year award on three occasions and claims that her experience as a Len Evans scholar as one of the highlights of her career. Shanteh hosts her own weekly podcast ‘Over A Glass’ with the Deep in the Weeds Network and spends her time writing for various publications and judging at numerous wine shows across the country.

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