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Pressing Matters R69 Riesling 2022

  • Huon Hooke
    96 Points
  • Halliday's Wine Companion
    95 Points
Pressing Matters R69	Riesling 2022
  • Huon Hooke
    96 Points
  • Halliday's Wine Companion
    95 Points
Pressing Matters R69	Riesling 2022
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Pressing Matters R69 Riesling 2022

SKU: PMRR202210 UCAU
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Flavoured with orange marmalade, candied quince, honeysuckle and ginger.

A light yellow-green hue, this lovely wine has spice, honey, vanilla nuances adding to its lemon-citrus bouquet.

It is a versatile wine to enjoy with Asian-styled or spicy foods, hard cheeses, or sweet desserts.

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Tasting Notes

This cut of the cake has often emerged as the best in the Tasmanian Wine Show and elsewhere. It retains its persona while matched with savoury or sweet dishes with its brightness of fruit.

- James Halliday

With a light yellow-green hue, this lovely wine has spice, honey, vanilla nuances adding to its lemon-citrus bouquet. Juicy fruit and subtle sweetness are superbly balanced. It’s delicious now but will blossom given more time.

Light-bodied and chiselled palate is flavoured with orange marmalade, candied quince, honeysuckle and ginger. These flavours are balanced by high voltage acidity, offering a long and crisp finish.

It is a versatile wine to enjoy with Asian-styled or spicy foods, hard cheeses, or sweet desserts.

Critic Scores

Pale green-yellow hue; a lifted perfume of honey, lime and lemon blossoms and the palate is rich and yet super-fine, the sweetness balancing out what is surely quite high acidity. The end result is gorgeous flavour and fruit/sugar/acid balance. The persistent honey note suggests the grapes were fully ripe. The finish is clean and harmonious. A smashing 'kabinett' style wine that will richly reward some cellaring.

Weighing in at 9.2% alcohol, this is what the Germans would refer to as a 'breakfast wine', a term that I love. The RS69 here denotes 69g RS in the wine, so think medium sweet. It's peachy with lemon drop, grapefruit zest, white flowers, crushed stone and a suggestion of spearmint and fennel further back. It's delicious. That steely acidity draws it all back into line, finishing unctuous yet focused and definitely moreish.

About this Wine

Riesling

An aromatic white grape known for its high acidity and versatility, ranging from bone-dry to lusciously sweet styles.

Tasmania

Apart from being the most southerly wine region in Australia, Tasmania has among the coolest growing subregions with the potential to make distinctly different wines than in the rest of the country.

Most well known for cool-climate varietals like Pinot noir and Chardonnay (thus sparkling too), Sauvignon Blanc smaller plantings of Riesling, Cabernet and Pinot Gris (more commonly Pinot labelled Pinot Grigio)

Historically, Tasmania can lay claim to being the founder of both the Victorian and South Australian wine industries as William Henty sailed from Launceston to Portland (in Victoria) in 1834 and planted grape cuttings there. Though not conclusively proven, it's believed that John Hack planted vines in South Australia in 1837, closely followed in 1838 by John Reynell.

Warmer vintages (possibly attributable to global warming) has had positive effects on region's industry, allowing grapes in recent vintages to achieve full phenolic ripeness, making for vibrant wines that have been widely accepted as world class.

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