Mitchell McNicol Riesling 2014

Mitchell is one producer who not only talks up the age-ability of its wines, but then goes ahead and proves it. Here we see a 10-year-old Clare Valley Riesling fully formed and wonderfully aged. Scents of wild honey, jasmine and honeysuckle aromatics, lime, citrus and buttered toast with a touch of apricot pie. Developed Riesling aromas are just so darn enticing but, if possible, it gets even better! The key to this wine is the striking acidity which has carried it on its journey thus far and is still apparent and capable of bringing further ageing. It drives the astonishing length of this wine. Flavours are rich, layered and textured throughout, carried long and true. Additional dimension comes courtesy of a lemon curd creaminess. Super impressive and super delicious.

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.

Wine writer and critic