Pikes Wines Olga Emmie Riesling 2021
- 91
- $26
- Drink by: 2021-2027
Share
A delicate, off-dry feel to this little charmer.
A gentle sweetness fits the riesling grape so well, and here it’s almost gossamer thin, something that is present but, intriguingly, hard to pin down.
It’s a fine winemaking line to walk. Some makers can be a little ham-fisted, but here, the off-dry sweetness is subtly integrated into the fruit.
White flowers, jasmine, apple blossom join with a lifted lemon zestiness on the bouquet.
Olga Emmie – named in honour of Andrew Pike’s paternal grandmother – is perceived by the winemaker as a half-dry German spätlese style – but maybe without the spice.
Combines energy and tension, a soft but nervy acidity provides structure working in tandem with the grape’s concentrated citrus. A lemon meringue-like texture is slowly developing.
Another youngster from a top vintage who looks to be in early good form. Can’t wait for it to spread its wings.
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.
