Apologies for the lack of posts recently, but my entire immediate family from Canada is over visiting at the moment. We're currently renting a holiday home in Bournemouth, and have at least had 2 days of good weather, although that's come to an abrupt end.I finally found a couple of decent wine shops. They are both independent sorts, and have a good range of wines. They are a bit overpriced, but that's no surprise considering the lack of competition.
The weather being warm I'm still drinking mostly whites, and was suffering from Riesling withdrawal. The Jacobs Creek Riesling I picked up from the local Tesco Express wasn't going to cut it. I saw this Wolf Blass wine at one of the previously mentioned shops, and decided to give it a try. It's made from fruit sourced from both the Clare and Eden valleys, and had some good bottle age. At £12.99 it seemed reasonable.
It's a nice wine - a predictable (in a good way) mix of lime and petrol flavours, with a good backbone of acidity. It also has a nice fatness to it. A result.
Gold Label Riesling 2005
Clare/Eden Valley, Australia
4/5
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