Vignerons Schmolzer & Brown Obstgarten Riesling Selection 2024
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- $52
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Perfectly ripe mandarin juice and pith kick things off, before lemon thyme, Meyer lemon, sage, slatey minerals and green apple skin. Time in the glass allows for some orange blossom notes to emerge. The palate has a delicious burst of upfront sweetness in the form of orange blossom, candied lemon, orange cake, and orange sherbet before a taut and nervy acid line coils it all into linearity, guillotining the sugar and drawing length. The alpine herb notes reappearing along with a subtle mandarin skin bitter edge. Immaculate balance as always, with the wine’s 43 grams of residual sugar sitting seamlessly, and an impressive cascade of complexity throughout. This wine takes you on a journey, and what a journey it is. Brilliant. 105 dozen bottled.
Tom Kline is a wine writer, reviewer, presenter, and educator based in Victoria, Australia. He is the Australian correspondent for the internationally respected publications Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy and Jane Anson Inside Bordeaux, where he highlights the top tier of Australian wine for a global audience. Tom also writes for leading outlets including Decanter (UK), Wine Spectator (US), and Halliday Magazine, among others. An experienced wine show judge and WSET educator, he has authored several consumer-focused wine courses aimed at making wine more accessible and engaging. In 2023, Tom was awarded Best Published Feature Article or Wine Column at the prestigious Wine Communicator Awards, presented by Wine Communicators of Australia.
