Great Southern, Western Australia. Riesling. 12.5%. Screwcap. Approx $A30Despite a few hours of reading and solving chess puzzles, I find my play is as sloppy as ever. . .
The retro looking Wisdom label (tarted up here with a laser pointer), honours the famed local wine maker, Jack Mann. I initially thought it was a new label, before realising it's a marketing and rebadging exercise. Which suggests that (for the target market) the cult of personality is more powerful than terroir. . .
It's quite convincing and faithful to the region, though the unkind might also say it was predictable and safe. Off dry, this has a spiciness to the palate and a little more weight and fluff (compared to other recent regional examples I've tried, like the Castle Rock 08). Quenching and direct with slate, lime, talc and blossom.
Very good.
88.
Now - 2014+
3 comments:
Ironic then that this label is called Wisdom, yet the style of the label itself is arguably far from wise....
I've looked at this a couple of times: at first it was just a steely, intense ball of acid of tremendous length (i loved it) but over the last few months it's started to open up - fairly nicely i might add. it's a very good wine, but imho, it's so hard to go past the MadFish riesling for straight up value in terms of GS riesling.
Max,
The MadFish is a great call for perhaps the best value GS (? Australian too) riesling. . .
Andrew,
I think the name and idea are good. . . from an aesthetic point of view, a quirkier label perhaps, and regarding the liquid (I can only speak about the riesling), something a little less conventional and safe. . .
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