2023 Grosset, Springvale Riesling, Clare Valley, Australia

Made from a six-hectare block of Riesling in Watervale, planted in 2000 on ‘thin topsoil made up of red loam over limestone, and, atypical for this subregion, slate bedrock’.A riot of fresh fruit aromas – juicy green apples, snappy green grapes, some heady quince – lead onto Springvale’s usual eager-to-please lime-juicy richness, finishing with mouth-watering acidity – perhaps tighter and more pronounced than in previous, warmer vintages, but in lovely balance with the rest of the wine.Drink 2023-2038Max Allen, JancisRobinson.com (August 2023)

Reticent of aroma, yet the coil of acidity underpinning this wine is juicy rather than hard as I have often found it in the past. A workout in the glass reveals green apple, Asian pear, anise, spa salts and chalky pungency. The ripeness is on point. Properly mid-weighted, forceful of extract and dutifully long. This will age well across the mid-term, as its track record attests. From biodynamically grown grapes. Drink or hold. Screw cap.Ned Goodwin MW, Senior Editor at jamessuckling_com (September 2023)