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This was the first (recent) vintage of PV under screwcap (to my knowledge, certainly my 2002s and before are cork sealed), and it’s all the better for it. Yellow with no hint of heading for gold colour, no kero and fresh as they come. Lovely lemon and .... more lemon, it’s beautiful and clean. Long and clean acid finish, and this is just delightful. Excuse the hyperbole (and yes, I am relatively sober, have most of the bottle left), but I am impressed by this wine, and I drink different vintages of PV regularly. The term ‘mouth-watering’ leaps to mind.

I suppose this raises the perennial question of when is best to drink Australian Riesling. Any thoughts?

Sorry - fence sitting reply from me - I personally would theoretically wait as long as possible to drink my Riesling (theoretical as my wine is young, but in the cellar long term), but drink the odd special, or short lived vintage while I wait.

As with Semillon (which I am not a huge fan of when really young), I like the added complexty of the aged Riesling.

Not too familiar with non Eden/Clare Riesling, so interested in what others think.

Hindmarsh

You might want to check out some of the wines mentioned in a related thread:

http://forum.auswine.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=9416

Cheers

Allan