Crawford River Noble Dry Riesling 2022

Riesling that got botrytis and made into a sweeter style wine. Smaller production here.

Gosh, delicious! There’s plenty of slick to texture, a pleasing greasiness and yet that currency of scintillating, pithy grapefruity acidity shows residual sugar who is boss. Sweet lime, candied mixed peel, ginger, black currants, faint honey toast between bouquet and palate. So too a gentle, sugared almond sweet-savouriness finishes the wine in its infinity of flavours and texture. A nice grip and juicy-tart pucker lingers on and on. Super star. Drink 2023-2030+. 95 Points. Mike Bennie, The Wine Front.

As some may remember, Noble Dry was born in 2011, when we left a section of a single block for one week following a downpour and subsequent warmth toward the end of the season. The result was a high percentage of early onset Botrytis, which results in colour and flavour change to the berry, without the active, grey mould or shrivel encountered when the fruit is hung for a longer period.

In 2022 the conditions were not exactly the same however this wine is made with early onset Botrytis from the same area of the same block. As with any seasonal variation, the wine is a slightly different version, with this wine being a little off-dry. Winemaker's notes.