Riesling 2018 Dookie Hills

Pronounced: Rees-ling

Appearance: Youthful pale straw in colour

Nose: Ripe orange, mandarin, and citrus blossom

Palate: The palate is a little mature and this wine does taste like a 5 year old wine.

Vintage

2018

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Notes: Youthful pale straw in colour. Appearance of a wine 2-3 years old.

Intense aromas of ripe orange, mandarin, and citrus blossom. Some aged notes showing as a hint of marmalade.

The palate is a little mature and this wine does taste like a 5 year old wine. Not a negative, but not as youthful as the 2016 and 17. The palate is quite firm and drying and suggests perhaps some botrytis in 2018 which we don’t recall as a feature of the season. (Perhaps we had to press this wine harder and retain more pressing for some reason)

2018 was generally a very good year for both whites and reds.

Drink now – 2025