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2019 Freycinet Vineyard Riesling

Tasmania, AUSTRALIA
$27. 99
Bottle
$335.88 Dozen
Cellar: Drink now - 8 Years (2020-2028)
ABV: 13.5%
Closure: Stelvin

Established in 1979 by Geoff and Susan Bull, Freycinet was the first commercial winery on the East Coast of Tasmania. Today daughter Lindy and partner Claudio Radenti who both have extensive winemaking experience from their travels around the world carry on the tradition.

Intense and racy with laser like, mineral infused acidity driving a core of mouth watering lemon and lime fruit.

Brilliant very pale straw almost water like colour with a distinct greenish tinge running around the outskirts. Intense lime juice and lemon zest aromas are intermeshed with green apple, steely mineral and chalky talc notes. Showing terrific concentration are racy lemon and lime fruits which are underpinned by zippy acidity. Green apple, tangy mandarin, infusions of wet steel and flinty mineral characters chime in on the dry crunchy finish. Outstanding drive with a mouth-wateringly long aftertaste.
Drink over the next 6-8 years.
Alc. 13.5%

Other Reviews….
Ever reliable, and one of my favourite Tasmanian rieslings. It has laser-like precision, its lime-infused fruit simply nodding to the 8.5g/l of titratable acidity. No frills winemaking other (perhaps) than the selection of a Mosel Valley isolate yeast. Drink by 2034.
96 points
James Halliday – Australian Wine Companion