Description
About 1½ hours drive north from Adelaide lies the beautiful Polish Hill River district of Valley Clare. The area is blessed with a climate that’s ideal for wine growing, a combination of consistently good winter rains, hot summers tempered by cool nights and long ripening period. Paulett’s vineyards are at altitudes of 480 to 510 metres and face east. Soils tend from shallow red and grey loams over slate blue stone substrata and occasionally well structured red clays. There are five separate sites from which to draw Riesling. Grapes are crushed, the first runs are cold settled and the clear juices fermented at an even rate over the course of two or three weeks to capture and retain the essence of Polish Hill River Riesling.
Adanti Sagrantino di Montefalco 2007 DOCG
Aus Cellardoor Tasting Note
Based in the Polish Hill River sub-region of South Australia’s Clare Valley, Pauletts has long been regarded as one of Australia’s leading Riesling makers; producing a style can be enjoyed young or develop further depth and complexity with several years in the cellar. The 2015 Pauletts Polish Hill Clare Valley River Riesling is another wonderfully flavoursome and expressive example of Clare Valley Riesling that is sure to please the many fans this wine already has. For those with the patience (and will power) we suggest stashing some away in the cellar and admire it evolve over the next decade.
Winemaker’s Tasting Note
Showing a youthful colour of pale straw with green tinges. Zesty lemon & lime aromas followed by some steely mineral end notes. Is pristine with driving citrus and lime. With minerality and subtle green apple add highlights, whilst the crisp clean and refreshing acid pull the flavours through to a long elegant finish.
Sun Cellars Tasting Note
The wine generally shows quite citrus and lime flavours with a wonderful spine of mineral like acid adding great balance, length and finish. Typically the wines have a wonderful potential to age, normally well over ten years and in doing so show lovely secondary aged characters of toast and honey.
