Tim Adams Skilly Ridge Riesling 2020
- 94
- $30
- Drink by: 2023 -2032
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A rather special single vineyard Riesling from the Clare Valley. Planted in 1994, by the Ingram family, this is also where Tim Adams and his family call home, since they purchased it in 2014. The vineyard, a mix of clay, loam and shale, enjoys an easterly aspect. Only free run juice is used, after the grapes are crushed, chilled and clarified, before ferment for two weeks at 12-14°C by way of cultured yeasts. This 2020 is the fourth release under this label and is part of Tim’s Single Vineyard series, which replaced his Reserve Range.
The wine is a limpid pale yellow with flecks of green. Beautifully aromatic and fresh, with florals, spices, fresh garden herbs and citrus, especially grapefruit. There is good crunchy acidity, real persistence and the intensity is maintained along the full length of the palate. Finely balance throughout, it has a good decade ahead of it, perhaps longer for well cellared examples.
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.
