Pooley Margaret Pooley Tribute Riesling 2017
Regular price $125.00
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Variety: Riesling
Country: Australia, Tasmania, Coal River Valley
A single vineyard Riesling from the Cooinda Vale vineyard near Campania. From the oldest and best plantings at Cooinda Vale.
'Named after our co-founder Margaret Pooley, this elegant Riesling is a great testament to the wine variety Margaret loved most. Aromas of apple blossom, jasmine and delicate citrus. A richer mouth texture with green apple acidity and a saline finish. Great balance and length of flavour. Will cellar for 15 years plus or just enjoy its freshness now.' Anna Pooley, winemaker.
‘From the estate Cooinda Vale Vineyard in the Coal River Valley, the vines planted '83 and '98, one parcel whole-bunch pressed, the other chilled, crushed and destemmed, 18 hours skin contact, 4 months on lees. As good an example of the reasons why I have always rated Tasmanian riesling above Tasmanian chardonnay. They age slowly and gracefully, never losing their shape or balance - particularly when they are of the quality of this polished wine with its floral bouquet building presence, its palate with the grip achieved from the time on skins. Drink by 2030.’ 96 points, James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion, March 2018.
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.