In the nose of ripe berries and plums
the competing flavours are balanced with precision against one another
It's barely medium-bodied with gritty
almost charry notes of roasted black cherry and plum abound on the nose
Saline acid laces all of these characters together
Pikes Traditional Riesling 2024 - Clare Valley, Australia natural In the nose of ripe95 100 Aaron Brasher, The Real Review 95 100 Sam Kim, Wine Orbit 94 100 James Suckling 93 100 Mike Bennie, Halliday Wine Companion 93 100 Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front 93 100 Angus Hughson, Wine Pilot Bronze CellarTracker 95 100 Aaron Brasher, The Real Review (2021 vintage) 95 100 Jeni Port, Wine Pilot (2021 vintage) 95 100 Ken Gargett (2021 vintage) 94 100 James Suckling (2021 vintage) 93 100 Erin Larkin, Halliday Wine Companion (2021 vintage)