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2024 Riesling Sekt (24 Months sur lie)

$57.00

Tasting Notes
On the nose expect green mango, savoury toast, and puffed rice showing alongside melaleuca honey, cucumber skin, and sea spray. The palate balances toasted brioche with bright lemon pith and wet stone minerality. A grippy texture and distinct salinity give depth and focus, carried by fresh acidity through a long back-palate finish with excellent bead and mousse retention. 

Tasting Notes
On the nose expect green mango, savoury toast, and puffed rice showing alongside melaleuca honey, cucumber skin, and sea spray. The palate balances toasted brioche with bright lemon pith and wet stone minerality. A grippy texture and distinct salinity give depth and focus, carried by fresh acidity through a long back-palate finish with excellent bead and mousse retention. 

Terroir
The fruit for the 2024 Riesling Sekt is sourced from maritime, cool climate Mount Gambier. The soil profile is dominated by metamorphosed limestone. The vineyard is organically managed by viticulturists Mary and Guy Stratford.

Winemakers notes
2024 was an ideal vintage in Mount Gambier, mild, dry weather during most of the growing season, punctuated by a few hotter days to allow for perfect ripeness and expression of fruit. Made in the Method Traditional style. Grapes picked on 12th March. Whole bunch pressed, light pressing, all free run juice, juice treated oxidatively. Fermented in old French puncheons and kept on gross lees for 5 months. Disgorgement (August 2026): 24 months on lees in bottle adds complexity, the dosage of 2.5 g/L balances perfectly.

Vintage: 2024
Variety: 100% Riesling
Vineyard: Coola Rd, German Creek
Bottled: August 2024
Alcohol: 11.5%
pH: 3.03
TA: 9.7 g/L
Dosage: 2.5 g/L

Other notes:

— Drink now or cellar for 8+ years
— Organically managed vineyard
— No fining & Sterile Filtered
— Vegan

*Please note there is a three bottle minimum purchase on any order