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2018 Frankland Estate Poison Hill Riesling
Frankland River, Western Australia,
AUSTRALIA
$37. 99
Bottle
$455.88 Dozen
Cellar: Drink now - 8 Years (2019-2027)
ABV: 13.5%
Closure: Stelvin
Certified organic. Brilliant water like colour with a distinctive greenish tinge to the outskirts. Elevated lime juice, granny smith apple, mandarin and citrus aromas blossom from the glass with subtle wet steel end notes. Concentrated lime and lemon sherbet flavours dominate over flinty slate characters, green apple and steely mineral. Finishes dry with crunchy acidity and a long intensely flavoured aftertaste.
Drink now or cellar 6-8 years.
Alc. 13.5%
Other Reviews….
Great name for a vineyard, though I’m pretty sure they don’t use any Roundup.
Green apple, almost a vanilla/white flower perfume, smoke and spice. It’s powerful and slick in texture, the fruit and glycerol smoothing out that almost unrelenting acidity. Has a crushed rock and petrol thing happening, a crunch and dryness, lemon pith and abraded texture pushing out the finish. Tart, yet full in flavour. It’s a powerhouse of dry Riesling. Drink 2020-2030.
94 points
Gary Walsh – The Wine Front
Drink now or cellar 6-8 years.
Alc. 13.5%
Other Reviews….
Great name for a vineyard, though I’m pretty sure they don’t use any Roundup.
Green apple, almost a vanilla/white flower perfume, smoke and spice. It’s powerful and slick in texture, the fruit and glycerol smoothing out that almost unrelenting acidity. Has a crushed rock and petrol thing happening, a crunch and dryness, lemon pith and abraded texture pushing out the finish. Tart, yet full in flavour. It’s a powerhouse of dry Riesling. Drink 2020-2030.
94 points
Gary Walsh – The Wine Front