Mitchell Wines McNicol Clare Valley Riesling 2012
- 93
- $45
- Drink by: 2021 - 2024
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At the top of its game and looking good. Nine years old and the citrus blossom that was so evident in its youth has morphed/amplified into honeysuckle and wisteria on the bouquet. Aged characters are also enjoying their moment with aromas of buttered toast, apricot kernel and citrus.
Texture and persistence are the key messages here. The latter is the result of a fine web of acidity that resided in the wine in its youth. It’s holding on well and continues to drive the wine. Flavour combines all the things we love about aged riesling, the bread and butter pudding richness, a slight sweetness of citrus, pithy grapefruit and spiced apple.
Bring out the bratwurst and sauerkraut!
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.
