Pooley Margaret Pooley Tribute Riesling 2022
Regular price $95.00
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Variety: Riesling
Country: Australia, Tasmania, Coal River Valley
From the oldest plantings at Cooinda Vale (clone GM198). The fruit was hand-picked, then cooled overnight to 5 degrees. Whole bunch pressed the following day. Inoculated fermentation with TXL yeast in stainless steel. Matured for 5 months on fine lees in old French oak puncheons.
12.1 % alc/vol; 3.02 pH; 9.6 g/L TA, 3.0 g/L RS.
'Riesling sourced from the Cooinda Vale vineyard in the Coal River Valley that sees five months on lees in old French oak puncheons. Pale in the glass with the merest flash of green. Concentrated and wonderfully delineated aromas of fresh lime and crunchy green apple with notes of lemongrass, lemon curd, makrut lime, orange blossom, dried honey, crushed stone and citrus rind. The focus and minerally clarity are something else as are the penetrating citrus flavours and vivid, stony cadence as it sets off across the palate. It's all about tension, resolution and grace. A good cellaring prospect if you have the patience. Drink 2023-2043.' 97 points, Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion, August 2024.
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.