Stargazer Palisander Riesling 2023

“Shiny and bright lemon hue. Dried mango, cumquat, and wattle blossom aromatics. Powerful and intense, mango fruit with cumquat and lemon balm notes with a wonderful gliding texture. It has such power that is perfectly balanced by fine yet driven acidity that builds great length and ensures clarity at the finish.” 96 points – Stuart Knox (The Real Review)

“Riesling from the Palisander vineyard in Tea Tree in the Coal River Valley. Pale straw with precise aromas of green apple, lemon, lime and grapefruit with tones of clover blossom, meadow flowers, green apple sorbet, rosemary, ginger cake, crushed stone, sea spray and ozone. Taut and fine with pure citrus and apple fruits, herbal tea, citrus sherbet and stone. Acidity is bright and saline and it has a finish that draws longer and true with just a slink of texture.” 95 points – Dave Brookes (Halliday Wine Companion)

Sourced exclusively from Stargazer’s own vineyards in the sub region of Tea Tree in the NW side of the Coal River Valley region planted in 2002. Samantha highlights that the soil is brown dermosol on Jurassic dolerite which in layman’s terms is clay loam over ironstone with a high level of calcium, which she mentions promotes thick skins. She loves the extra flavour from this.

Hand picked, destemmed and left on skins for 12 hours then pressed off and wild fermented in a combination of ceramic & concrete egg then 10 months on lees post fermentation. Just 1.2 grams of residual sugar. Producer’s Notes