griff wrote:Just thought of another maker and region in the mix. Helm. Canberra.
cheers
Carl
Helm is very good, and Ken is a top bloke, great cellar door experiences.
Nick O'Leary's Canberra riesling is about as good as it gets in the region. The '12 has an incredibly intense flavour profile, lime, acid, a good measure of tartness and nice slatey notes. At about 18-20 a bottle it is my pick for value nation-wide.
Stone bridge in Clare have an 06 aged Riesling which goes really well. Grabbed a couple at the cellar door. 2011 Crabtree Watervale Riesling. Another winner. Almost knocked off a sixer of those. Best ? Tough call. Anyone tried Daniel Wilson's Polish Hill River Riesling? Heard great things. I know he has a heavy hand in the jim Barry Rieslings as well as his own. 2011 grosset polish hill. Good. Drank it too early. Off the Riesling slightly, Stephanie tooles 2009 semillon from mt horrocks is damn fine.
There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.
