2023 Werkstatt Riesling - Mt Gambier, SA. 750ml
Bridget Mac is the winemaker, focussing on a single release again of riesling. The 2022 was outstanding, this follows suit. The cooler growing season saw Bridget hold on to some residual sugar (17 grams) to produce a ‘Kabinett style’. The growers are in Mount Gambier for this release.
It’s a brilliant, crystalline, acid driven style with poise and precision writ large. Sure, it’s a huge squeeze of fresh lime, a lick of honeyed undertow plays a card, but the compact, rapier thrust of riesling is all there and the finish a mix of powdery, brine-and-talc-like minerality woven through juiciness and a faint tickle of sweeter, lime and green apple fruit character. It’s layered, complex, mouth-watering and refreshing while still being off-dry and ‘wow’ in its ballistic drinkability. Stellar wine, should be shouted from hill tops.
Mike Bennie - Winefront.
