Sorby Adams Jellicoe Eden Valley Riesling 2023
- 95
- $28
- Drink by: 2023-2038
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Vines of around three decades, planted nearly 500 metres above sea level, provide the fruit for this rather special Eden Valley Riesling. Like most of the new range, the name apparently pays tribute to a distant relative who was a mathematician involved with predicting the location of Neptune (or possibly a British Admiral?). Others are named after the rings of Neptune. I guess that is something to Klingon to (sorry, someone had to say it). This is brilliant value. A gleaming pale lemon/green hue, the nose is utterly alluring. Dripping with limes and lemons and various citrus fruits, there is also a touch of florals with a hint of crisp pear. Seamless and with excellent length, there is a fine line of acidity, right through to the lingering finish. Cracking Riesling which will drink beautifully for at least the next ten to fifteen years.
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.
