2020 Howard Park Mount Barker Riesling
$35.00
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From its beginnings in 1986, Howard Park has made Riesling from the Great Southern wine region of Western Australia. After many years of searching for a Riesling site in the Mount Barker sub-region, the Mount Barrow vineyard was established in 2005. From the 10th growing season, our first Riesling sourced from only the Mount Barker sub-region was made and the tradition continues today.
Growing in old and degraded soils of low fertility, Riesling works hard. It is demanding, sensitive, yet tough enough to thrive in the vagaries of this cool climate. Wines made of Riesling grapes are exceptionally revealing and critical of the environment in which they grow and the human interactions engaged to create them. From Mount Barker, the Riesling grape produces a fine and linear wine with great varietal purity and exactness.
Mount Barker
TASTING NOTE
Vintage
Intensely perfumed with a bouquet of orange blossoms, jasmine, and lavender. The fruit is on the riper end of the spectrum leaning away from lime in favour of apricot, mandarin, and white peach. Intertwined between stone fruit and citrus lies wisps of talc, wet quartz, and ginger spice. The acidity washes over the palate causing a mouth-watering sensation reminiscent of biting into a crispy granny smith apple. Towards the middle of the palate the richer fruits unveil themselves. Rock melon, Meyer lemon, and white nectarine culminate in a beguiling blend with classic Riesling acidity underpinning it all.
Food Match
Serve with whiting & crab nori roulade in tempura, or crispy asaparagus wontons with lime kasundi.
Recommended Cellaring
Drink now or cellar for up to 20 years to enjoy the nuanced flavours yet to come.