Tim Adams Reserve Riesling 2007 Thursday, May 15 2008
Tasting Notes and Australia and Clare Valley and Variety and White and riesling
If you happen to have a child born in 2007 (as I do) then I’d suggest this may well be one of the better local bets to snap open at a 21st. The little buggers probably won’t appreciate a twenty one year old Clare Riesling mind you, so I’d suggest you drink this quietly in the corner as a warm up, before tucking into a bevy of Hunter and Margaret River reds of the same vintage. I had this open in the fridge for, I think, about 5 days and it hardly budged at all.
It’s clean, pristine and precise with lemon, grapefruit and mineral flavours on a fine boned flint-edged palate. Tight, refined and ultra-dry it’s beautifully balanced and very long but not for drinking now unless you are an acid freak. A great wine where patience should be richly rewarded.
Rated : 95 Points
Tasted : May08
Alcohol : 11%
Price : $35
Closure : Screwcap
Drink : 2014 - 2028
Source : Winery Sample
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May 15th, 2008 at 12:02 pm| Quote |
Look forward to getting my mits on this and tucking a couple in the cellar. I’ve been a bit off the Clare riesling train recently and this might be a good return ticket
May 16th, 2008 at 9:51 pm| Quote |
For $35 it would want to be!
May 26th, 2008 at 10:51 am| Quote |
I tucked in to a bottle of this last night, and I agree it’s a belter. It’s typically Tim Adams; ultra fine, reserved and steely. But I thought it showed a little more power and flesh than his standard bottlings. And, David Lole, $35 is pittance for a wine of this calibre…it’s just that we are all so used to paying so little for riesling.
May 26th, 2008 at 11:14 am| Quote |
I agree. Why should benchmark Riesling be half the price of benchmark Chardonnay?
GW