Bay of Fires Riesling 2007 Thursday, Dec 6 2007
Tasting Notes and Australia and Tasmania and Variety and White and riesling
This may not appeal if you are looking for a slatey South Australian style, but if you are up for explosive sweet fruit and length of flavour then this could be right up your alley.
Aromas of sugar coated apple lollies, passionfruit skins, lavender, spice and lemon drops. Slightly flinty and sweaty. On the palate intense sweet green apple, lemon and flowers with some flinty minerally flavours. Off dry and quite tight with crunchy acidity and a long sweet fruited finish. A showstopper.
Rated : 96 Points
Tasted : Dec07
Alcohol : 12%
Price : $30
Closure : Screwcap
Drink : 2007 - 2020
Source : Winery Sample
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3 Responses to “Bay of Fires Riesling 2007”
January 28th, 2008 at 11:54 am
Just opened a bottle of this and I am finding it hard to enjoy. It tastes like a SAUVIGNON BLANC. Yep, passionfruit, topicals and sweat, with some green pea for good measure. There is no way I would pick it as a Riesling. Had the 2006 Craggy Range Sauvignon Blanc yesterday and I would rate it higher than this, FWIW. Some mineral characteristics to provide interest, and no doubt it is a good wine if you like the NZ SB style, but don’t go out and buy a case of this wine because you love Riesling and GW gave it a 96/100. It may disappoint.
Adair
January 28th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Cranky pants. This is a sweet almost Germanic style..you are off your rocker!!
GW
January 29th, 2008 at 10:51 am
Not sweet enough and too sweaty to be Germanic. Now get stuffed!!!
Adair