2023 Hutton Vale Farm Eden Valley Riesling
2023 Hutton Vale Farm Eden Valley Riesling
($32.30 Wine Club price)
Our Single Block 'Vineyard Series' Hutton Vale Farm Riesling from the wonderful 2023 vintage comes from historic Hutton Vale Farm in the Eden Valley. Very Old Vines grown on a property that has been in the Angas family since South Australian settlement in the 1830s. The Vineyard is dry grown and very low yielding, but the resulting wines have been proven to stand the test of time.
Very old vine Riesling carry’s a distinctive lemon rind and field flowers perfume like no other, I could smell this wine for hours. The crip natural acidity although quite apparent at this stage of its life will carry this wine for many years for those with the right cellar conditions. Serve with the finest seafood now or cellar as long as you like, your choice. A classic wine in the making.
Technical Tasting Notes
2022 HUTTON VALE FARM EDEN VALLEY RIESLING
GROWING SEASON
The 2023 Barossa Valley vintage will be remembered as one of the latestvintages in recent memory. After a wet winter our winter rains continued wellinto November, it was certainly unlike any other. This meant the growingseason was off to a slow start, and we never really caught up. The Barossaseason from this point on was almost perfect. Warmer than the 2022 vintage,but cooler than the long term average.
A vintage that will have a split personality, but the great vineyards with thebest growers truly excelled, the best wines will be up there with the best wehave ever produced. Characterised by the wonderful fruit expression seen inthe 2021 vintage combined with the crisp acids seen in the 2022 vintage. Theresulting whites look incredible characterised by pure lifted florals on thenose with crisp and clean finishes. The colour and depth of flavour in the redswill match and in some cases exceed that seen in the previous two vintages.Three in a row, who would have thought!
TASTING NOTE
Hutton Vale Farm has been in the Angas family since the 1830s, a specialvineyard that is still owned by one of the foundation families of SouthAustralia. Growing conditions are tough in Eden Valley, but in the right yearwhen the weather gods support the dry grown vineyards with good winterrains the wines can be exceptional. Hutton Vale Farm in the 2023 vintage isone such vineyard, very old Riesling vines that carry a distinctive perfume likeno other, I could smell this wine for hours. The crip natural acidity althoughquite apparent at this stage will carry this wine for many years for those withthe right cellar conditions. Serve with the finest seafood or cellar as long asyou like, your choice. You will be rewarded.
Region/Sub Region: 100% Eden Valley
Grape Variety: 100% Riesling
Alcohol: 12.5%
Production: 2000 bottles
Cellaring: 10 years plus
Serve: This wine will match well with a variety of seafood and salad dishes in its youth before developing secondary characters after 3-4 years and providing a perfect match for more robust Fish, Chicken and Pork based dishes with age.
Winemaker: Jo Irvine
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