2023 Cooinda Vale Riesling
Generous aromas of citrus oil, honey blossom and orange zest. The palate is refined and elegant with notes of grapefruit pith, cumquat and lime. Strong acid is persistent with a long and waxy finish.
- Volume:
- 750mls
- Alcohol:
- 12%
- pH:
3.09
- Acidity:
10.04g/L
- Maturation
5 months maturation on fine lees in tank prior to bottling.
- Closure
- ScrewCap
- Style
Dry
The 2023 growing season started with budburst in September and continued with flowering in November. This year, we experienced a lot of wind and rain during flowering which makes for very challenging conditions. Between October and December 2022, there was 230mm of rainfall at both of our vineyard sites. It resulted in poor fruit set, and an overall reduction in yield for the season. Late December saw the rain disappear, leading away from the La Nina weather pattern and towards a drier, warmer El Nino period. It was a mild summer with no extremes of heat, whilst remaining warm. This is great for steady and slow development of flavour, acid, sugar, and tannin. All the elements that make for great quality wine.
Cooinda Vale Vineyard was established in 1985 by Pooley’s founders, Margaret and Dennis Pooley. Sitting between 80-100m above sea level, the vineyard is tucked away in a nook of hills North of Campania making it much more protected from prevailing weather conditions. Being more continental it also experiences greater extremes in temperatures bringing more frequent frosts, snow and heat waves. The iron lacking grey brown sandy loam over clay subsoils at this site tend to bring a moderate level of struggle to the vines by restricting deep root growth and water accessibility but in turn creates a wine that is more delicate and finer.
Fruit was hand-picked and cooled overnight to 5 degrees. The fruit was whole bunched pressed the following day and transferred to stainless steel for an inoculated (TXL) ferment. Maturation on fine lees for 5 months prior to bottling.
Generous aromas of citrus oil, honey blossom and orange zest. The palate is refined and elegant with notes of grapefruit pith, cumquat and lime. Strong acid is persistent with a long and waxy finish.
