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Worlds Apart

2022

‘In the Flowers’

Riesling   |   Eden Valley - Australia
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About

While Eden Valley may not carry the same weight, both figuratively and literally, as Clare Valley…it certainly can and should.  Pewsey Vale, Leo Buring, Dandelion Vineyards and others have paved the way for the citrus-tinged, mineral-driven style that Eden is synonymous with.  Enter ‘the flowers.’  Louis drew upon the quartz-dominant soils and cool-climate of the Eden but wanted to express a bit more weight and texture to the wine, à la Clare.  The result is a textural masterpiece of chalky, leesy, barrel-fermented, half-century old vine Riesling. The ’22 vintage shows more intensity on the palate, with a ripping 8.6 g/L acidity and 11 g/L residual sugar.

The fruit was hand-harvested from the Wardlaw’s Pendee Farm at the gateway to the Eden Valley and whole-bunch pressed with full lees to old 500L French oak barriques for fermentation.  Fermentation kicked off naturally and Louis stirred the lees over the course of two to three weeks.  The wine sat on the lees for the duration of aging and without any sulfur addition.  After three months of aging the barrels were racked to tank to settle naturally and bottled without fining or filtration and just a small sulfur addition.

Stats

  • Grapes: 100% Riesling
  • Vineyard: Pendee Farm (Springton)
  • Vine Age: 54-years-old
  • Soil Type: Clay-loam with quartz-riddled gravel
  • Viticulture: Practicing organic
  • Fermentation: Native – neutral 500L French barriques
  • Skin Contact: None
  • Aging: 3 months in neutral 500L French barriques
  • Alcohol: 11.4%
  • Residual Sugar: 11 g/L
  • pH: 2.81
  • Total Acidity: 8.6 g/L
  • Total SO2: 84 ppm
  • Total Production: 208 cases

Tasting Note

Green-tinged straw in color. The nose evokes the scent of a fresh apple pie about to go into the oven with a lemon-scented jasmine tea and a green herbal edge. The palate is dialed up this vintage, with considerably more acidity and residual sugar than the past year. Still, this wine is a lithe expression without overt sweetness, or conversely, teeth stripping acidity. It’s all about the balance.

Press & Reviews

James Suckling

91

"With its full lime fruit and racy acidity, this is a very typical Eden Valley dry riesling, except for the touch of unfermented sweetness on the palate. With a little aeration this develops some nice white flower aromas, including some honeysuckle. Easy to enjoy. Drink or hold.Screw cap."

- James Suckling

The Wine Front

94

"Eden Valley, Springton. Holds 11 grams of residual sugar, “one of my favourite winemaking things is saying, ‘that’s balanced, stop it!'”, says winemaker Louis Schofield, and so this wine gets made.

Delicious. Moreish and skolable, a wicked riesling of come hither nature. Scents of mixed peel, green apple, a touch of honey. Flavours similar, albeit a little yeasty-nuttiness sneaks in for complexity. It’s high acid and tension but manages a juicy deliciousness too. Crackles along with freshness and vitality. Balance, for sure. This is a ripper."

- Gary Walsh

Producer


Worlds Apart

Region


Eden Valley

Country


Australia

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