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Colour: Pale straw, brilliant clarity with a slightly green tinge.

Nose: lifted aromatics of lemon zest, and citrus florals with underlying jasmine sweetness, wet slate after a summer storm.

Palate: A bright and crisp palate, dances with balanced acidity, highlighted by delicate lime panna cotta nuances. The wine finishes with length of flavour savouring to a dry and clean finish.

Following the hailstorms of late 2021, the prospects of actually producing an Eden Valley Riesling were slim. Adding to this was the change in availability of the previous vintages’ fruit. With these changes, Winemaker Dan managed to source a supply of Riesling grapes from a vineyard he has made wine from on and off for many years.

Eden Valley Riesling were slim. Adding to this was the change in availability of the previous vintages’ fruit. With these changes, Winemaker Dan managed to source a supply of Riesling grapes from a vineyard he has made wine from on and off for many years.

Winemaking
Whole berry is pressed in the pneumatic press, with the juice then treated gently with antioxidant coverage of dry ice (CO2) and chilled immediately to well below zero. Held in this manner for nearly two weeks to fully settle the juice, the solids were racked away to leave a bright fresh juice.

This was then allowed to slowly warm and naturally ferment in conjunction with the addition of bentonite clay to aid stabilisation and assist in aromatic protection. Following a 20-day cool ferment, the wine was again chilled and separated from the solids. An addition of Cream of Tartar works to pull proteins and unstable elements from the wine, leaving it bright and fresh and no signs of cloudiness from the natural wild ferment.

Prepared for bottling with a minimum of sulphur this riesling, with its extremely low pH and low alcohol, provides a refreshing and crisp wine perfect to match with lighter seafood dishes.

2023 Ben Murray Eden Valley Riesling
Winemaker Dan Eggleton, pays homage to the classical regional wine style of (high) Eden Valley Riesling, not an in-your-face expression, but a quieter, subtler, more age-worthy, restrained expression. At an old school 11% alc, this pristine Riesling implores you to dig deeper, revealing much complexity as it warms in the glass – lemon & lime, honeysuckle and a slatey-minerality. One of Dan’s mentors, legendary Riesling maker – the late, great John Vickery would almost certainly approve. Delicious now, with some plump Pacific oysters or steamed scallops with ginger & shallot, this Riesling will gain flesh over the next decade becoming more unctuous. 94+/100 Peter Nixon, The Wine Libertine