2024 Meadowbank Riesling

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Dave Brookes - Halliday Wine Companion

An Upper Derwent Valley riesling made by Peter Dredge that shows all the cut and crystalline focus that you'd expect from this top Tasmanian producer. Lime, grapefruit and green apple with hints of crushed riverstone, citrus blossom, clover, sea spray, lemon zest and lighter fennel at the top, and lemongrass further back. High-tensile stuff on the palate; it's all about pure, taut citrus and apple fruits and a vivid, brisk mineral cadence. Finishes long and moreish.

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James Suckling

Laser-focused aromas of gun smoke, lemon peel and orange blossoms. The palate is textural with tightly wound acidity, giving notes of grapefruit rind, green apple skin and Asian pears. Exceptionally well constructed, with 6 g/L of residual sugar that cuts straight through the high acidity.

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Gary Walsh - The Wine Front

Always a different style of Riesling to many Australian offerings, though perhaps it shares a sort of kinship with the Riesling from Mitchell. Apple and citrus, a little spice and lime zest, a slight petrol character mingles with some floral perfume. It’s a lively wine, though it’s kind of fleshy too with chalky texture, some saline and savoury flavours in with apple and lime, a subtle honeyed sweetness, and plenty of grip on a finish of good length. Complex and different.