Petaluma Hanlin Hill Riesling 2025
- 95
- $38
- Drink by: 2026-2046
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The Yellow Label Hanlin Hill Riesling has long been one of the Clare Valley’s finest. A very light lemon hue, there are intense aromas on the nose with limes and apples and hints of sea breezes to the fore. Lovely citrus characters abound and there are also touches of stone fruits. The wine has a fine minerally backing. There is exemplary balance here, a bright line of acidity and excellent length. The finish has real persistence. The freshness and energy suggest it will drink beautifully now, but ensuring a few bottles are put away in the cellar for a decade or two will prove rewarding.
Ken was born and bred in Brisbane, Queensland. He had a non-trendy, perfectly happy childhood, in a family convinced alcohol meant instant condemnation to Hades. But a break fishing on the Great Barrier Reef, and some good wine, started a serious obsession that eventually took over. It did not stop Ken being chastised later for drinking Pol champagne, disgusted he’d drink anything made by a Cambodian dictator. Now, Ken mostly writes on wine, champagne and spirits for various newspapers, magazines and books, but is perhaps best known for his work in The Courier Mail. He also has a little sideline writing on cigars, fishing, travel and food. When not writing, fly-fishing for trout in NZ or bonefish on the flats of Cuba, travelling or smoking cigars, he is no doubt following a variety of sporting teams – the occasionally glorious Queensland Reds rugby, the dysfunctional Washington Redskins, the dodgy Arsenal and especially revels in the world restored to its proper axis with the return of the Ashes to their rightful home.
