Tim Adams Skilly Ridge Riesling 2019
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- $30
- Drink by: 2024 - 2032
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The Skilly Ridge vineyard in the Clare Valley was planted back in 1994 and so impressed Tim Adams that he eventually purchased it and made the estate his home. The fruit from the vineyard has also impressed sufficiently to be bottled as an individual release.
The team used only free-run juice, which was fermented for two weeks at 12 to 14°C with neutral yeast, then a gentle fining and a single filtration. And three cheers for a riesling which sits at just 10.5% alcohol. The colour is a lovely limpid pale yellow/gold. Classic Clare Valley nose. Limes and an array of other citrus notes. Gentle florals. There is an underlying wet stone character and very good acidity here. It really has good length and balance. There is a hint of chalk and talc towards the finish. This is a wine which should age extremely well and improve, going on to even greater heights. A beautiful wine.
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.
