2017 Frankland Estate Poison Hill Riesling

This is the first certified-organic Riesling from this site, which has been farmed organically for many years Planted in 1988, the small three-hectare site lies just on the northern edge of the Frankland River town site, 15km north of Isolation Ridge. The vineyard name resulted from it being located on a hill where the Heartleaf Bush, poisonous to all but indigenous animals, is found. Poison Hill has unique white clay and weathered granite and quartz soils. Grapes are pressed immediately on arrival at the winery with the juice left to settle in tank over night before being racked to fermentation vessel. The wine was then fermented in tank at low temperatures (less than 15°C) over 8 weeks with minimal intervention in order to obtain the purest expression of the pristine fruit from the Poison Hill vineyard.