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2016 Bellarmine Dry Riesling

Pemberton, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
$22. 99
Bottle
$275.88 Dozen
Minimum 12 bottles
Cellar: 6 - 8 Years (2023-2025)
ABV: 12%
Closure: Stelvin
Brilliant water like colour with greenish tinged edges. Intense lime, lemon and orange aromas are overlaid by a faint whiff of kerosene with steely mineral end notes. Dry with a steely structural feel the palate has a tightly wound core of lemon and lime flavours spun around a steely spine. Crisp, flinty mineral finish. Long aftertaste of lemon, lime, wet steel and flinty mineral.
Cellar 6-8 years.
Alc. 12%

Other Reviews…
Right in the slot of the Bellarmine Riesling style. The floral bouquet of lemon, lime and apple blossom leads into a fresh, crisp palate with minerally acidity woven through the fruit and providing both length and drive. The wine needs 4-5 years to fully flower, but is already enticing.
Drink by 2027.
95 points
James Halliday – Australian Wine Companion