2022 Frankland Estate Isolation Ridge Riesling

“A very wet winter gave us good soil moisture as we headed into a dry start to summer. We had no rain between mid-November and mid-January, when we got a good dose to freshen the vines. The weather cooled off significantly afterwards, allowing for plenty of calm hangtime that resulted in hallmark line and intensity in a relatively delicate year. As is now tradition, we left the wine on lees for nine months as we enjoy the texture and personality this imparts. It highlights the subtle yet distinct flinty ironstone notes, which are wrapped up in the mouthfeel of the wine. We pick the grapes slightly riper than we used to 10 or so years go. This allows us to achieve the “resolved” acid profile where it melts into the wine. Complex and fine from the off, with pretty, lifted florals, lime, mandarin sorbet, white nectarine, pure and almost ethereal, this has excellent length.” – Hunter Smith, Frankland Estate

“It’s a more delicate year and this wine has an ethereal aspect, beginning with those lemon verbena florals followed by graceful juiciness. The acidity has dissolved into the wine and the texture wraps around it, with lovely persistence.” – Elizabeth Smith, Frankland Estate