Andrew Graham, Australian Wine Review - January 2024
More residual and skin contact for this vintage and it leads to a wine with less jaunty angles but more joy. Ripe limes, the flavours more Meyer lemon and a softness to the chalky acidity. Enjoyable and affable, if a more round and open wine than something laser-etched. Certainly drinkable. 92 Points.
Shanteh Wale, The Wine Pilot - October 2023
A mix of free run juice with a portion seeing some contact with skins. The Hills really are alive with the vibrancy of fruit for this 2023 vintage. Lime cordial, icy pole and mountain dew, the natural kind not the soft drink. A hint of grapefruit pith, pumice stone and elderflower. It’s a lovely balance of crunchy acid and green apple fruit sweetness. A Riesling for all Riesling lovers, whether Germanic or Australian. This hits all the notes from elegance, thirst quenching punch and that Riesling recipe for drinkability. 93 Points
Ned Goodwin MW - Jamessuckling.com - October 2023
I've increasingly come to appreciate the style of riesling at this address in recent vintages. Generously flavored with lime blossom, jasmine and spa salts, careening long across juicy rather than hard acid rails. A diplomatic veil of sweetness to placate riesling's inherently high acidity, too. A bit sudsy and chewy at the seams, but will work well with SE Asian inspired fare. 93 Points.
Huon Hooke, The Real Review - September 2023
Pale colour with dissolved gas evident; the bouquet is very flowery, rose-petal/pot-pourri, red apple and passionfruit, the palate rich and broad, full and almost opulent, with a tickle of sweetness augmenting the generous fruit on palate which nevertheless finishes dry. This is different: there is richness aplenty, a rounded middle palate shape with plenty of fruit, if not yet complexity. 95 Points.
Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front - September 2023
The slip of sweetness, the burst of fruit, the citrussy cut of the finish. This is both impressive and delicious, though you get the feeling that it would be a searing number if a little residual sugar had been put to good/positive effect. It tastes mainly of lime, apple juice and apple core and while it explodes upfront it really kicks with acid-driven flavour through the finish. Wait until (this) summer before popping a bottle, at the earliest. 93 Points.
Andrew Graham, Australian Wine Review - January 2024
More residual and skin contact for this vintage and it leads to a wine with less jaunty angles but more joy. Ripe limes, the flavours more Meyer lemon and a softness to the chalky acidity. Enjoyable and affable, if a more round and open wine than something laser-etched. Certainly drinkable. 92 Points.
Shanteh Wale, The Wine Pilot - October 2023
A mix of free run juice with a portion seeing some contact with skins. The Hills really are alive with the vibrancy of fruit for this 2023 vintage. Lime cordial, icy pole and mountain dew, the natural kind not the soft drink. A hint of grapefruit pith, pumice stone and elderflower. It’s a lovely balance of crunchy acid and green apple fruit sweetness. A Riesling for all Riesling lovers, whether Germanic or Australian. This hits all the notes from elegance, thirst quenching punch and that Riesling recipe for drinkability. 93 Points
Ned Goodwin MW - Jamessuckling.com - October 2023
I've increasingly come to appreciate the style of riesling at this address in recent vintages. Generously flavored with lime blossom, jasmine and spa salts, careening long across juicy rather than hard acid rails. A diplomatic veil of sweetness to placate riesling's inherently high acidity, too. A bit sudsy and chewy at the seams, but will work well with SE Asian inspired fare. 93 Points.
Huon Hooke, The Real Review - September 2023
Pale colour with dissolved gas evident; the bouquet is very flowery, rose-petal/pot-pourri, red apple and passionfruit, the palate rich and broad, full and almost opulent, with a tickle of sweetness augmenting the generous fruit on palate which nevertheless finishes dry. This is different: there is richness aplenty, a rounded middle palate shape with plenty of fruit, if not yet complexity. 95 Points.
Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front - September 2023
The slip of sweetness, the burst of fruit, the citrussy cut of the finish. This is both impressive and delicious, though you get the feeling that it would be a searing number if a little residual sugar had been put to good/positive effect. It tastes mainly of lime, apple juice and apple core and while it explodes upfront it really kicks with acid-driven flavour through the finish. Wait until (this) summer before popping a bottle, at the earliest. 93 Points.
