Pikes Clare Valley The Merle Riesling 2026
- 96
- $65
- Drink by: 2026-2041
Share
This is a wonderful example of Riesling in its purest, most pristine form. The aromas show a distinct pebbly, slate-like character, with fine citrus minerality. The palate is precise, intense and lingering, with those slate-like influences most evident. There’s a lovely line of keen acidity, and it extends through to a very long finish. It’s a wine that will certainly reward longer-term cellaring.
Ray Jordan has been writing about wine for more than 40 years. His first articles were published in the early issues of national wine magazine Winestate in the late 1970s when he worked in Sydney as a newspaper correspondent. From 1989 Ray wrote more than 3000 columns as a regular newspaper wine columnist. He currently writes a regular column for the special business publication Business News and is one of the main contributors to national wine platform Wine Pilot. In 2017 Ray co-authored The Way it Was – A History of The Early Days of the Margaret River Wine Industry and previously wrote Wine in the Blood: Australia’s Family Wine Estates, published in Mandarin and English. In 2011 Ray was awarded WA Wine Press Club Jack Mann Memorial Medal for his contribution to the WA wine industry. His love of wine is as strong as his love of the blues and tasting the thousands of wines that cross his bench each year allows him to indulge in both.
