Pooley Butcher's Hill Riesling 2021

Variety: Riesling
Country: Australia, Tasmania, Coal River Valley

A single vineyard Riesling from the highest part of the Butchers Hill vineyard at Richmond, adjacent to the cellar door. Fruit was hand picked over the space of 10 days and whole bunch pressed at cool temperatures to tank and the juice was cold settled. Racked to old French oak puncheons (500 litres) for fermentation. Maturation on lees for 5 months before bottling.
13.0 % alc/vol; 3.05 pH; 8.3 g/L TA, 2.0 g/L RS.
Just 275 dozen produced.

'Very open nose with jasmine, orange blossom a touch exotic. Flavours are very concentrated with lime zest, red apple and preserved lemon. Great intensity, drive through the palate with a slinky acid profile.' Anna Pooley, winemaker.

'Hand-picked fruit, whole bunch pressed; fermented and matured 5 months on fine lees in 5 yo French oak puncheons; 2g/L RS. A cool summer and a sunny autumn with cool nights are an exciting recipe for riesling. Crystalline purity of radiant, mineral acidity drives a core of pure lemon, lime and Granny Smith apple. I love the way old oak puncheons (rather than sugar) have been masterfully deployed to tone structure and build the finish. Line and length are unrelenting, promising a huge future. Drink by 2036.' 95 points, Tyson Stelzer, Halliday Wine Companion, June 2022.

Pooley Wines has an historical property and two separate vineyards in the Coal River Valley in southern Tasmania. The Coal River Valley has developed a worldwide reputation, and is ideally suited, for the production of cool-climate wines such as Pinot Noir, Riesling and Chardonnay. Members of the Pooley family have been actively involved in the business for three generations. Their longstanding passion and commitment to fine wine are your assurance of un-compromising quality.

Pooley Wines was established in 1985 when the late Denis and Margaret Pooley planted ten rows of Riesling and seven rows of Pinot Noir on their 16-hectare farm at Cooinda Vale in the Coal River Valley in southern Tasmania.

In 2003, John Pooley, son of Denis and Margaret, and his wife Libby bought Belmont Lodge, a heritage-listed Georgian home on the outskirts of Richmond. They have been lovingly renovating this second Pooley Wines Coal River Valley property, and planted vines on nearby Butchers Hill. In 2007 the first vintage of Pinot was produced from this steep vineyard site that overlooks the township of Richmond.