2022 Margaret Pooley Tribute Riesling
A resplendent aroma of orange blossom, mandarin and honeysuckle. Superb tension and balance with notes of lime, cumquat, orange peel and beeswax follow on the palate. Persistent acidity through to the end.
- Volume:
- 750mls
- Alcohol:
- 12.1%
- pH:
3.02
- Acidity:
9.6g/L
- Maturation
A brief refinement in old French oak puncheons with 5 months on fine lees.
- Closure
- ScrewCap
- Style
Dry
The lead-up to 2022 vintage included one of the wettest winters on record, a cool drying spring into summer with high humidity. All these factors led to healthy canopies and bunch numbers. The cool conditions, especially around the time of flowering resulted in some poor fruit-set in earlier flowering varieties. This delivered a combination of small and large size berries to form reducing the overall yields and intake in those varieties. The vintage started a couple of days later than usual, but with the high humidity/ lowered diurnal range, our late ripening varieties were picked slightly earlier than usual. Overall, a quality vintage.
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.
The fruit was hand-picked, then cooled overnight to 5 degrees. Whole bunch pressed the following day. Inoculated fermentation with TXL yeast in stainless steel. Matured for 5 months on fine lees in old French oak puncheons.
A resplendent aroma of orange blossom, mandarin and honeysuckle. Superb tension and balance with notes of lime, cumquat, orange peel and beeswax follow on the palate. Persistent acidity through to the end.
