The Auswine Forum

Thanks Daz. I do drink the youger rieslings from time to time although my focus does tend to be on mature wines. I did have the 2012 Jim Barry the other night which was absolutely delicious. Hopefully bodes well for the 2012 vintage more generally! Also picked up a bottle of the Bests on your recomm...

Hi Mal, With regard to Australian Riesling i think it is all very well covered above and i would only be repeating what others have already said. Having said that i would like to add that personally i have found that many good Australian Riesling will often shut down and go into a dull and unexciti...

Wow, thanks for all the replies! Great to see I’m hardly alone in loving these wines. It seems the take home message is with a little more patience I may just get lucky enough to uncover something special… Thanks also for all the suggestions. Some I have already picked up such as the Fl...

Better start with a little background: Around 10 years ago, my local italian restaurant served an aged riesling. I'm fairly (but not entirely) sure it was the 1991 DWU18 Leonay. It was an incredible drink, literally reeking of kero, toast and lime. I managed to have a couple of bottles before they r...