Riposte The Scimitar Riesling 2024

A fine single vineyard from an excellent vintage in the Clare Valley. For those convinced that every year gets hyped up it doesn’t really matter, and in fairness we have had three great years in the last four – 2024, 2022 and 2021, with 2023 no slouch. However, even at this ridiculously early stage, there are considerable mutterings that 2025 will be an extremely challenging one, so make the most of ’24 while you can. A very pale lemon, the nose here is ripe and generous, perhaps a little more so than we sometimes see with Clare Riesling, offering lovely notes of lemon and lime – citrus very much to the fore here. There is a minerally, rather chalky backing and the wine had good focus on the palate. Bright acidity runs the length and the finish is very persistent. An eight to ten year proposition. Good buying.